Originally Posted by
Airway
The fact is that Langeweische claims, vaguely, to have flown "commercially" to "pay the bills" (really?) and thinks that pilots are the weakest link. That's how I know he never flew professionally.
IMS, he flew night freight in Beech 18s back when Men were Men, and since he was paid for it, I think it was in fact professional in nature. I agree with you that he is an excellent journalist, I disagree that he has an axe to grind. Frankly, I thought the article was excellent in that it got fairly deep in the systems logic but remained accessible to a layman.