rottenray;
And, personally, I'm very hateful of anyone who even considers the possibility that a flight I'm on *should* crash every so many times, based on statistics.
You're not whistling Dixie.
This is not the thread to take further the excellent points you have raised and with which many cockpit crew will agree including myself, (now retired).
The points you raise have been discussed elsewhere at length and deserve greater exposure; this is not the first time they have been raised and should form the lessons this industry, including cockpit crews and their representatives, should take from this, and other recent fatal accidents.
Previous posts in this thread have made it clear that for those who fly the aircraft and for those who fly commercially, period, this is a serious discussion on fundamentals and not an uninformed, anti-Airbus rant. What needs saying applies equally to Boeings.
Nor does this focus on the crew of AF447. Few if any here would not be similarly challenged.
Well said, sir.
PJ2