I'm not certain there's a lot of value to be added by naming pilots in circumstances like these.
There is a private message facility for those of us concerned about colleagues/friends known to us.
If some unfortunate event happened while I had a cyclic in my right hand I would like to think industry colleagues, known or otherwise, would afford me the same privacy / discretion / anonimity I would afford them in reverse circumstances.
Whether aircraft failure or pilot error, I'm sure this kind of experience for any pilot is bad enough without any subsequent discussion, prolonged or otherwise.
I note, however, the stuff.co.nz news article that Te_Kahu found seems to name everybody remotely associated with the events of the day.
Once something is in the papers / news websites it can't be unwritten. It's out there for everybody then . . .
GP
