If you have taken the time to ask, you should take the time to think about my answer.
I often get hostile on an accident thread if I know the deceased persons involved. It isn't because I know them, it is because of the manner that some people post their opinions. LOOK at what the people who get 'flamed' have said and, more importantly, HOW they said it.
My favourite powderkeg comments normally involve statements like:
They did 'this' wrong
This must have been the reason
The aircraft was ok, so it must have been pilot error
They shouldn't have been doing that (when I know they could)
This was a really stupid decision (how do they know that)
In other words, people who state 'facts' when they actually are stating their opinions.
Why not say: "only a theory, but has anyone considered x, y or z?"
Or, "I'm not sure what the rules are, but was he authorised to do that?"
You make the same points, but are not stating them as facts. I would not flame someone for that. The Mull of Kintyre thread had so many lies stated as facts, I started to blur my knowledge of what I witnessed for real that day.
