excru:
In defense of colgan crew
I still will not believe it was all that simple. The crew was aware. They switched on the appropriate equipment. They were discussing ice buildup and this is the type of scenario where you may be talking to one another about unrelated things, possibly to put your mind at ease, but you are also highly aware of what's going on (been there, done that..). The easiest thing to do is blame the dead guy. Just like the AE ATR accident. Yet, despite the blame on the pilots, AE moved all of its ATR's to a warm region.. Why would an airline move its aircraft (at tremendous operational expense) if the fault was so obviously with the crew?
For f*** sake! whoever was flying (supposedly the captain) was staring at the airspeed indicator for more than 6 seconds (try to count, 21 22 23... see how much time that is?), seeing the aircraft was below stall speed and STILL pulled instead of pushed on the yoke! What more can you do wrong?
Give me a break! Poor fella ate the big one, but I have yet to see a more convincing explanation than pilot error (based on published evidence).
'nouf said.