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LITS,
I think you are missing the overall point. If a pilot got into a crash, would it be proper for another pilot to say, "if I did this, if I did that" then the crash wouldn't have happened (emphasis on the "I")? I know in these situations a lot of people will have questions -- yourself and myself, included -- but it doesn't give me the right to post an opinion without all the facts and start saying, "the easy and simple answer was to come to this course, use bridge to bridge (which no one here knows if it was even done), have been more forceful, etc." Leave that to the investigation and when the facts come out, then if you want to speculate what you would have done, fine (still something I wouldn't do).
I can tell you that in the pond, I was in a situation that had potential to go south, but took appropriate actions so it wouldn't (this wasn't safety of navigation related or anything remotely close to this incident). However, had the situation gone that way, I wouldn't want someone saying (particularly who wasn't there), "oh, if I did this and I did that...it wouldn't have happened."
I made my point and moving on. I can't stop anyone's free speech rights...but wish their would be a little more professional courtesy about forming opinions.
I think you are missing the overall point. If a pilot got into a crash, would it be proper for another pilot to say, "if I did this, if I did that" then the crash wouldn't have happened (emphasis on the "I")? I know in these situations a lot of people will have questions -- yourself and myself, included -- but it doesn't give me the right to post an opinion without all the facts and start saying, "the easy and simple answer was to come to this course, use bridge to bridge (which no one here knows if it was even done), have been more forceful, etc." Leave that to the investigation and when the facts come out, then if you want to speculate what you would have done, fine (still something I wouldn't do).
I can tell you that in the pond, I was in a situation that had potential to go south, but took appropriate actions so it wouldn't (this wasn't safety of navigation related or anything remotely close to this incident). However, had the situation gone that way, I wouldn't want someone saying (particularly who wasn't there), "oh, if I did this and I did that...it wouldn't have happened."
I made my point and moving on. I can't stop anyone's free speech rights...but wish their would be a little more professional courtesy about forming opinions.
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