Originally Posted by
CHAZZO
I think you've got me wrong. i'm not here looking for newsworthy info, as a matter of fact, i agree with you(s) on the media's portrayal of the incident.I will wait for NTSB's conclusion of the incident. I do not work for any media outlet, actually my company provided heavy equipment to the crash site to help their efforts.
The only reason I even signed up for this forum was to thank the pilots and show my appreciation and respect for your(their) jobs. Many people take for granted what you(s) do on a daily basis. I had no idea saying thanks would incur any negativity.
i hope for the sake of other pilots, they arent all like you.
Settle down, what you have to understand, Is pilots are very much a fraternity, just like police, fire and military. Now we may not always agree, and we may get mad at each other from time to time, as youll see on these boards, but we are family. When somthing like this accident happens its hits home to all of us very hard, because we know it could have been us, so we take deep exception to people bashing our brothers and sisters without all the facts. Unfortunatly you walked in at a time when nerves among pilots are running raw right now, and weve had some media on these boards fishing for ways to take things out of context for the sake of sensationalism, thats why people are very wary of motives. I hope this helps you understand why a pilot would react that way. Ill bet that every pilot on here shed a tear and went and hugged their family friday when they heard the news. that is how close to home it hits for us. Welcome aboard....