Originally Posted by
Sanchez
There sure seems to be a huge number of "Monday morning" quarterbacks in this site. You guys need to give it a rest...particularly those of you that are new or have never flown in a 121 environment. You guys don't have a clue what flying exhausted as result of reduce rest is all about. Further more, I have been to LEX quite a few times, and I can tell you folks, that due to the slope on the short runway, any number of folks could have made the same mistake...if you think you're impervious to such mistakes, then you definitely do not belong in this industry.
Let the memory of this poor guy, and his family be, this could have happened to any of us.
It was pilot error no matter how you slice it. Stating it isn't being a "Monday morning quarterback" and thinking otherwise is ignorance.. No one said they were impervious to such mistakes. Matter of fact it looks like most people are calling it a tragedy and learning from it. In our training class and several times in the cockpit this exact incident has been cited as to a reason why we do something and not get ahead of ourselves. It is most definitely a tragedy in every shape in form but I'm willing to bet it's crossed people's minds once or twice and made them double check something they weren't 100% sure about. Who knows what has been avoided because of it.