FLYING COUNSEL
I am a lawyer and do know a thing or two about examining the available evidence.
Really?
It doesn't show.
So far in this thread, I haven't seen any condemnation of this pilots actions
I regard that as commendable.
I find it quite extraordinary that you - as a lawyer - should criticise non-lawyers for waiting for the evidence to emerge and, in particular, for refraining from condemning.
Aren't you all forgetting what this First Officer did to all those innocent victims?
I doubt that anyone is forgetting the tragic deaths.
I find it extraordinary that you, as a lawyer, should try to introduce emotion into the discussion.
Objective analysis of evidence, uninfluenced by and unhindered by emotion, is instinctive to any experienced and competent lawyer.
Perhaps you are an exception.
Moreover, his mental health difficulties can never justify his actions.
Mental disorder may not justify actions but, where it exists, it may help to understand the otherwise inexplicable.
It’s very easy to see somebody as either a perpetrator or a victim. It’s much more difficult to understand that somebody might be both, although I would expect a lawyer to be able to do so.
Flying Counsel?
I'm puzzled by your username.
On your own admission you are not a pilot and, in your profile, you say you are a solicitor.
FL
Barrister (Counsel) for 33 years.