Pop Mech article on PCL 3701

[Turtlesfly]

Oh wow - so that makes it official

 

[DoinTime]

Sorry DoinTime . . . it's like if you drink a lot of alcohol and then go in your car and don't wear a seatbelt and then get in a single-car accident and don't take anybody else out when you do this . . . it sucks to be you but as they say, "they have fortunately eliminated themselves from the gene pool."

I never said what they did was excusable. It is most certainly not.

These men paid the ultimate price for their mistakes and thankfully they didn't take anyone with them. While I cannot forgive them for their actions I have enough respect to allow them to rest in peace. Maybe when you grow up you can extend them this same courtesy.

 

[NYCPilot]

Unbelievable what unprofessional and reckless behavior these two displayed. It's unfortunate because they had several opportunities to save themselves, but their immature and unprofessional judgment did them in. Makes me wonder how they would handle a similar emergency with passengers on board.

 

[IP076]

Hey starship...thanks for the good info

 

[Nancy Pryor]

A disgrace, and a shame, and a very clear testimony to the quality of many airline "professionals" these days.

"Just teach me what I need to know to pass the test, dude, so that I can get into that shiny jet right away, dude. I'll pick up the rest on the job."

Agree 100%. This is what happens when children are put in charge of an airliner. They might have been 31 and 23 but their maturity levels were closer to 21 and 13. Just the kind of "professionals" I want flying my family and friends around in a jet, shiny or not.

Make all the excuses you want, object to disparaging their behavior even though they're dead or not, they were incompetent and stupid and it killed them, and luckily it didn't kill anyone innocent. Argue that. The CVR transcript says it all. While many accident chains contain links that are beyond the control of the flight crew, this isn't one of them.