Originally Posted by Clear Prop
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That hasn't stopped Fox and other mainstream media from stating it as a fact for 2 days.
Nothing ever does.
Try watching CNN, featuring our old friend Scary Mary Schiavo and endless nonsensical speculation. I think they may change their name to the missing airliner channel.
Their latest tidbit is that the turn meant there was a waypoint entered into the FMS because some pilot (
Robert Goyer) says so. "The almost certain explanation would be that these waypoints were programmed into the flight management system of the 777-200, a task that would have been beyond the abilities of anyone but a professional pilot."
I guess Mr. Goyer has no respect for the folks who actually build and program the FMS. Does he think the engineers are not smart enough to program a waypoint into an FMS, even if they are not pilots? Or anyone else who works with, simulates, or repairs avionics....
This is what is passing for "news." This is CNN. I don't mean to rag on just CNN, because nearly all of the major outlets worldwide are doing similar.
Why is aviation reporting so challenging for the media?