Originally Posted by
Birdstrike737
To those of you admonishing your colleagues for tossing around first-impressions while “bodies are still warm,” THAT’S WHAT WE DO! WE’RE PILOTS! This thread is not a news organization, it’s a crowded pub. It’s OK to put your bets on the table about what happened before the investigation has even begun, much less ended.
Maybe someone should start a different thread titled “Indonesia 737 Max crash: FACTS ONLY.” And stay there. And wait.
Well said Birdstrike737. It's absolutely natural whenever an accident or disaster occurs that we ask 'what happened?". In the absence of a coherent answer we postulate, theorize and generally second guess. But what we don't do, or at least shouldn't do is start apportioning blame on the basis of racist remarks about crew and perceived in-competencies as some on here have already done. Aviation has a lotta gotcha's and some very good crews have succumbed to them perhaps even more so in this day and age of multiple computer controlled systems with algorithms and logic flows that make your head spin even on a good day.Prayers and blessings to all the families.