Walter Kennedy
I echo the comments of the previous 3 posters and of many before.
The aim of this thread has become to show why, by the time of the waypoint change, the crew had not been negligent and that their actions up until that point were both legal and reasonable. By articluating your doubts that the pilots would have been able to judge their range from the coast (dismissed by several pilots) without using a DME range from a portable IFF set (for which the Chinook lacks the equipment to display) carried by US Navy SEALs (whose presence seems to indicate, in your mind, some kind of plot worthy of the 'X-files' TV program) you are undermining our efforts to bring about justice for two dead pilots who are unable to defend themselves. If this is your intention, come straight out with it and we'll have a proper argument about it. If you feel, like me, that the pilots have been unjustly treated, that negligence cannot even be proved 'beyond reasonable doubt' let alone 'beyond any doubt whatsoever', then help the campaign by expounding no further on your, frankly, often bizarre theories. Those of us actively involved in this campaign use our spare time to do what we can; answering your points takes up some of that time, which can't then be used more productively. Again, if this is your aim, declare your hand.