Brian
I am humbled by your tenacity, compassion and honour. We knew each other well many years ago, were, and still are I guess, good friends, but I never saw the man you truly are.
It is so easy to run around in the modern world and be too busy to reflect on what’s important. Whenever I grab a quick look at PPRuNe it is this thread that makes me pause and think.
I had the pleasure of calling these two honourable men my friends. I know the fact that they were honourable does not mean they weren’t capable of CFIT, but I also know that there is not a single aircrew member reading this that isn’t as well. Those same readers will expect their service to treat them as you do John and Rick, to consider the mitigating circumstances, whatever they are.
Well done mate
Whooper 5
Ps Faxed MP.
Pps.If you need some more plague I’ve got the needles!