The AvWeb post also contains this interesting link, "The Hewlett-Packard Incident: Employee Falls (?) From Company Plane" [
http://www.avweb.com/newswire/news0051a.html], which is from Dec. 18/00.
For what is is worth, I second QDM's 19 Nov. post.
BRL, you're certainly not accountable to any of us, but it's a bit off that you purport to be Mother Morality just because you feel that people are not showing due respect for the fellow's decision to commit suicide. Let's remember that his stupid action has probably traumatized the poor old instructor, as well as added to the public's fear of flying in light aircraft. I have no sympathy for him. "Fellow pilot" indeed!