SLFguy
Yep, gunna come across a flaperon and just go "Meh, see this every day".. Jesus, really??
The point is just because you may recognise an item as a potential aircraft part doesn't mean everyone else would.
Chances are he is a local fisherman, maybe with not a great deal of contact with life outside of the island where he lives or even cares what happens in the rest of the world so probably hadn't even heard of MH370.