Bob Gardner wrote:

You and I both know that the final decision is the pilot's...but we live in
a world where the media wants sensation and the legal system wants to assign
blame. When the lawsuits finally hit the courts (and there will be lawsuits,
count on it), the prosecutors will look in every nook and cranny for someone
to pin it on...and the tower will be in their sights along with others.

Yes, Bob, I'm all too aware of the likely legal outcome, but that
doesn't make it right.

Matt