Speculating
Speculating on PPRuNe -
I would like to insert this here before we see another:
"This thread is now closed. The main reason being one of too many uninformed speculators relying on unattributed media quotes..."
All over the World since AF 447 was reported overdue/lost, professional pilots in their cockpits have been 'speculating' on what happened that fateful night over the South Atlantic. To suggest that they are only relying on 'facts' is absurd. That's what pilots do: speculate on what happened on every incident/accident. When the final reports come out, they will even speculate on the validity of some of them.
As the title "PPRuNe" suggests: RUMOUR. The only thing different is this Forum contains posting by other than Professional Pilots. But I don't think it's possible to prevent that. Besides, there ARE many good posts by other than pilots that do contribute to not only the RUMOURS, but speculation as well. All of this information is needed by those who attend these forums to try and make some sense of what might have happened, not only in this case, but others as well. All of us are "uninformed" at this state.