Originally Posted by
DENpilot
Effing idiots. There was no reason to be flying through that area. They were very lucky they didn't kill 150+ people.
I've flown with guys who seem to like to get the wingtip as close as they can to the storm when they deviate. Why I will never know.
Maybe the safety board will prove you right, maybe not. Way too early to pass judgement. I can't imagine the stress they are going through right now.
Just because you got hired by a company that by our own words apparently likes to hire idiots, it doesn't mean every other company does the same. Dry hail is extremely difficult to detect on airborne RADAR. I wasn't there anymore than you so I'm certainly not saying this was the case; but, if it was they may have had very little to no warning at all.
edit: for your reading pleasure
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/aviation/...4dec-front.pdf