bubbers ...you make a darn good case for being on top of things. That story about the generators is a good one...and I sure learned about flying from that 727 crash off LAX that you spoke of.
Everything I've really learned about flying is from trying to avoid the same circumstances that lead to a tgold ribbon crash. from the coffe cup in ''fate is the hunter" film, to multiple terrain crashes (sinatra's mom, dean martin's son) to people freezing on the controls and not pushing the stick forward in a crash.
let's learn from this lear crash too