Originally Posted by
tsquare
Not defending the guy or anything but... do you think about the people in the back of the airplane when you are landing in the weather.. at night... with one on fire? It's not really all that different when you think about it.
I did think about it, and
there is a world of difference.
Sure: if I was flying at night in the weather, with one on fire, my survival instinct would be as strong when flying a hundred boxes as a hundred people. It would be poor professional judgment for me to think about passengers (or boxes) in this case anyway, and I would focus on the landing. HOWEVER, as soon as I got the thing on the ground, I would certainly be 100% focused on making sure everyone walks away, passengers, crew, and me.
Wouldn't you?
There are other difference between us and Bedford... We wouldn't say that watching
another crew landing at night in the weather with one on fire is "fun". If they failed, we would't go to the crash site and take the wallets off the victims, or pilfer the cargo.