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Smear campaign? Conviction by innuendo? Sloppy, lazy reporting? Hatchet job?
The press here are doing what the press do anywhere, reporting what has been released in press conferences and bulletins, calling on talking head specialists and speculating about the causes of this accident. You don't have to go back very far to see the same happening in the US (Comair), and Europe (Helios).
The press (and us on Pprune !!) speculate on the causes of the accident, and the most likely outcome of any inquiry. They (and us) have only the currently available information to go on, therefore they (and us) may not even be on the right track. That does not make them (or us) biased in our views.
Mr Lepore's type rating is relevant, whether you like it or not. It could indicate that he is not an experienced pilot on the Legacy and quite likely had not explored the full flight envelope. Do you see where that leads? This information, BTW is attributed to the FAA, not ANAC.
The only hatchet job so far has come from Joe Sharkey, with his innuendo and smears against Brazil, claiming that the pilots are in peril down here. His attitude reeks of sloppy and sensationalist reporting and looks very like someone preparing the ground for a campaign against this country in the event that the Legacy crew did something wrong and have to face the legal process here.
The investigation will be thorough and competent and will reach it's conclusions based on fact. The investigation team has representatives from Boeing, the FAA and the NTSB, and I doubt that these organisations would be party to a cover-up or an attempt to frame two US pilots.
The press here is no different to the press anywhere. There's good and bad, sensible and sensational and we choose our press sources to match our own preconceptions.
Last edited by alemaobaiano; 5th Oct 2006 at 12:05.
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