I am not saying the pilots didnt screw up- they did without question and this black cloud will stay over 9E forever, BUT the stupidity that led them into the flameout cannot be blamed for there attempted recovery. They did follow the current procedures (at the time) for the flameout- which did not include diving the plane to 300Kts to keep the turbines spinning fast and the ITT down, the procedures at the time called to maintain a slower speed and slow the decent in the idea of giving the crew time to head towards an airfield and have as much time as humanly possible to get the engines back. I am not defending these guys- what they did was wrong on many levels, but if you notice the current procedures for flameouts at all operators involve getting the speed up so the engines dont core lock. Learning from others mistakes in the big part of aviation.

I do think though that in the next few years there will be an accident (not hoping, just thinking) and it will come down to inexperienced pilots. I do not know how a 1500 hour guy with 500 in type could be a CA.. I have right at the 1500/500 (not upgrading for a while so you dont need to worry) and I feel very comfortable and competent in the airplane in addition to the duties outside the airplane (such as knowing where we are taxiing, when things don't look right, etc) but I learn soo much every flight not just from the flight experience, but from the captains I fly with. After another year I think I will be ready, but right now I am still learning. I could only imagine dealing with DCA, LGA, JFK, PHL as a 250 hour FO- maybe that is why we hear the stories... I do give the guys credit though for making it through training, OE, and adapting to the line- thats a big jump.