Unbelievable rubbish posted here. Easy to fly accurately and land a Q400? With failures? Absolutely not. Training, testing required.
Richard Russell showing off? Stupid, and wrong. No showboating there. He was out of control.
Media conspiracy? Not at all. No evident suppression of facts.
And maybe worst, the idea of this guy being deliberately irresponsible? He was suicidal. Had he been involved with trucks or busses, he would probably have driven off the side of a mountain road.