Originally Posted by
The Dominican
...we tend to just dismiss major mistakes as "well, it happens" here in the US but crucify pilots from anywhere else

That's a good point you make Dom. Like many of your posts on the ANA thread, you've made me think. Hard to relate sometimes when it happens outside of our environment. I know I'd think differently of this incident if it were a foreign carrier. Is that correct? No. But, for some reason, I would.