Most professionals are tired of ill-informed comment being made by everyone who thinks they are a sudden instant expert on CRM, command authority, running an aeroplane moving at 600mph and human factors. This place is a discussion forum for professionals, not an 'everybody who has something to say, chip in- the more opinions the better!' forum, particularly when they obviously haven't followed the whole discussion. That is why the same old menial points keep being raised as a 'new discovery'. You and letterman (whose aviation qualification is having a 'pilot friend at United') feel qualified to join in at a late stage and offer your opinion. Why should anybody listen to you? What expertise do you have? 2 posts, no bio- what makes you think your opinion has any validity? Some would say only the people who have worked this life have any opinion worth listening to! I did, and have done, for 38 years. I don't think you have any valid opinion worth reading.