Hopefully the take away from this event for all the working pilots on the sidelines is a reminder of how the media can frame a story to mix speculation with spin, doubt, and fear.

This crew is now the subject of an intense investigation by the FAA, their company, their union, ...and thanks to a few comments to the media... the crew gets the kangaroo court of (uninformed) public opinion to boot.

All professional working pilots can imagine having a bad day that results in writing an FSAP/NASA report. Use any of the cliches' we all know: "by the grace of god go I", "those who have, and those who will", etc. We all know that that bad things can happen, and they happen for a myriad of reasons.

Point is, is that this crew should be receiving support from their peers. Wait for the findings of the investigation and learn from them. Until then, think about this:

As professional pilots, If we don't take care of each other, who will?