I somehow knew someone would say something like this. While I think everyone will agree it was a pretty dumb mistake that had a very catastrophic outcome, I really don't think this was a necessary comment. As well, his counterpart, who wasn't as lucky, also missed the cues that something was wrong. While I do agree that the passengers wouldn't knowingly roll the dice, I doubt many of them would be any happier knowing that their captain had just met the ATP mins and upgraded, or that their FO had 250 hours and was on his first IOE flight. Honestly, I can see both sides of this issue, but either way, as a person, I wish him the best of luck in overcoming the medical issues. That will be what gets him. If Comair still has him on the seniority list and payroll, he hasn't been terminated, so the medical may be what holds him back. He has quite a challenge ahead of him.