Let us learn from this
It is always a sad occasion when a member of our fraternity dies in an accident and especially in a situation for which the reason is not clearly apparent. If the pilot had the reputation of being a limit pusher, many would talk behind closed doors and perhaps even suggest that it was bound to happen. In this examle though, Steve was obviously a well respected and popluar pilot. In both cases though there are always lessons for us to learn/relearn. With such a loss of life as in this tragic accident, I am sure that the families would want nothing else for the future than for it not to be repeated. The disscussion on weather minima, aircraft equipment, commercial pressures and training/licencing standards is surely healthy and helpful to those of us who fly and operate these sometimes unforgiving aircraft. Condolences to the familes.