VF
What gives the right to tell a grieving father, or indeed anyone what they can and can't say or do? Just who the hell do you think you are? And what exactly is the problem here that you have so much difficulty undrestanding? You are begining to sound like some pathetic bullied little schoolboy......
'harmful conjecture...the desperate grasping of straws...The plucking from the air to keep the subject warm...The talking with technical authority in one breath then a sidestep in another and so on...' how utterly pathetic you sound. Where is there any harmful conjecture? What has been plucked from the air or grasped at straws?
And what about this 'How about giving the fleet a break' Come on man, take a reality pill. People are NOT having a go at the 'fleet' nor are they having a go at the aircrew and certainly not the groundcrew. People are discussing this tragic event on an open forum in a fairly sensible and civilised manner (compared to a lot on prune) I fail to see why you are getting so upset by it.
TD dosn't want to wait another week or month. In fact, I should think that he and his family don't want to wait another second more. They want answers right now. I appreciate they might not be able to get them yet, but stop telling him (and others) that they can't ask questions about their loved ones, or make genuine enquiries about a 'possible' cause or reason for the accident. He admits that he isn't an aviator, so why not direct your efforts into aiding him rarther than lambasting him?? shame on you really VF.
I was on the fleet also, and I want answers too. I lost many good friends that day like many others and its human nature that people will talk about it and speculate (not that I have made any speculation on here whatsoever) especially if they are ex Nimrod aircrew or groundcrew.
But I'll say the same to you and froobs as I did to Betty, if you don't want to read it, then its quite simple......don't look at it. It really is that easy.
Mr Knight, you carry on Sir, and keep asking as many questions as you like, and feel free to pm anytime you want with any specifics.
Kind regards
TSM