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Old 05-12-2010 | 08:38 AM
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Old 05-12-2010 | 08:54 AM
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This is why pilots deserve every penny they earn. Won't find a CEO amongst the carnage.
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Old 05-12-2010 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by AirWillie
I love how those guys at PPrune go straight into accident speculation from the first post.
Good point, because NOBODY ever does that on ANY other message board/forum
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Old 05-12-2010 | 10:29 AM
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I love how those guys at PPrune go straight into accident speculation from the first post.
Actually, there are some sharp folks on PPRuNe. You just have to separate the wheat from the chaff. It's about a 10%/90% ratio, respectively.

That said, there is always a lot of information there, many times from those intimate with the details.

But remember it is a rumor network. Not like here, where everything is factual. Take it with a pinch of salt.
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Old 05-12-2010 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by gipple
This is why pilots deserve every penny they earn. Won't find a CEO amongst the carnage.
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I may take some flack for this, but I have to say it, ahhhh......what? How do you know? This was a scheduled revenue flight that could have had anyone on it, to include the CEO (although Afriqiyah is a Libyan government entity) and any members of his family. It's not like this was humanitarian food drop into Tora Bora that only contained the Crew. Help me out with this one....
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Old 05-12-2010 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by AirWillie
I love how those guys at PPrune go straight into accident speculation from the first post. Apparently judging by the wreckage this was a high energy impact with parts cartwheeling, according to one guy.
Is your contention that APC or FlightInfo members don't do the exact same thing here in the colonies???
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Old 05-12-2010 | 03:47 PM
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I may take some flack for this, but I have to say it, ahhhh......what? How do you know? This was a scheduled revenue flight that could have had anyone on it, to include the CEO (although Afriqiyah is a Libyan government entity) and any members of his family. It's not like this was humanitarian food drop into Tora Bora that only contained the Crew. Help me out with this one....
The point being that pilots should never have to justify their salaries. The CEOs of the world rarely if ever have the lives of anyone in their hands.
The old saying comes to mind. Surgeons bury their mistakes and pilots are buried by their mistakes.
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Old 05-12-2010 | 05:07 PM
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Tailwinds.........
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Old 05-12-2010 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by gipple
The point being that pilots should never have to justify their salaries. The CEOs of the world rarely if ever have the lives of anyone in their hands.
The old saying comes to mind. Surgeons bury their mistakes and pilots are buried by their mistakes.
Yeah allright, fair enough. And I agree 100%, but when you say that you won't find any CEO's in the wreckage, you leave yourself open to the possibillity that, yeah, there might have been. Along with plumbers, doctors, teachers, cops, you get the picture. And they were also buried by a mistake (not guessing, just saying).
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Old 05-12-2010 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by johnso29
Tailwinds.........
Exactly. Cheers and blue skies....
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