Gents,
good discussion. Pease keep in mind, I'm not so much defending my fellow aa pilots as much as using this accident to point out the traps that can get each and every one of us. I think many of you are missing the fact that I am agreeing with you in regards to pilot error, and that maybe many of you consider it blasphemy that I actually brought up other factors that influenced this crew into making the wrong decisions. Be that as it may, this crew screwed up, but the FAA deemed them retrainable and I'm sure they are safely and conservatively carrying AA passengers to this day, and I would gladly be one of them.