Checkerboard you really are a fool,
No, he's one of the very few making any sense here.
We all get that this is an emotional time for some here, but this is a PROFESSIONAL pilots forum... so how about a professional approach to this accident?
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out what probably happened. Whatever the report concludes in a couple of years time, there are already valuable lessons to be learned.
When there is an accident, there are generally two causes - either the aircraft broke, or the pilot(s) made an error. Sometimes, a crash happens because the aircraft broke and the crew subsequently made error... swiss cheese and all that.
Most of you that knew one of the pilots are clearly in denial that your mate could possibly have made an error. Fine, but recognise that for what it is, a purely emotional response, not an analytical (or professional) one.
There will be speculation, anyone with half a brain knows that. Try and see through the emotion and look at the bigger picture.
While you are doing that, you may want to ask WTF they were doing training in the aircraft... there is only one sort of training that you do with no pax on board... think about it.
Those capable of objective thought may find similarities in the crash of a BAe Jetstream on 6 October 1992 at Prestwick...