So why is aviation a special case?
Perhaps it's just that persecution complex kicking in, but why is it air crashes, incidents and non-events that attract the armchair experts?
You never see this amount of speculation about auto accidents, for instance, do you? Some bus crashes, taking 50 grannies to their screaming doom and no one seems to want to try and guess if the driver was reading "The Beano" at the wheel or was subtly incapacitated or whatever. But it really does seem that many of you are absolutely fascinated by playing "Guess the Cause" within hours of each crash report so that some of the wildest theories get floated.
And now you are claiming that is wished-for and productive. Well, I never.....
I am sorry, but I really do believe the reason that crummy little bag of peanuts is so fiendishly hard to open is to give the SLF something to occupy their minds, rather than looking out the window to try and guess the reason for this or that motion, real or apparent, of their aerial conveyance.
If it were so useful to invite amateur speculation about the cause and circumstance of an air accident, why is there not a mechanism for that? Perhaps someone should get in touch with ICAO and offer to set up a panel of amateur experts to help in this way. Do not forget to involve the psychics, who can help in the searches.