Tell ya what fellahs, he got it on the ground. Give the guy a break! He said he suspected a fuel leak so let's take him at his word. You guys sit here and ask what happened to captain's authority. He did what he had to do and got it on the ground in one piece. GREAT JOB guys if you are reading this.

Oh yeah, a buddy mine had his first engine fire in three decades of flying. A fuel line had rubbed through and was spraying high pressure fuel on the burner cans. He got it on the ground no problem, but whose to say these AA guys didn't have a hose rub through as well? It might have been fine the first portion, but on the way down, a high g load in a certain configuration could have been ALL it took to pinch and rupture a line. Give the guy a break.

Tom