Reply #32: Your second statement is correct... [View All]

[bdab1973]

"Riding" the airplane into the ground would only result in one more fatality. Best the pilot could do at that point is try and get it pointed away, and punch out. And uncontrollable airplane is just that...uncontrollable. Hopefully things will work out and no one dies...but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

I'm a military pilot, and honestly, I think the two of you have a really skewed view...just because I'm in the military doesn't mean my life means nothing. After all, I have a family too, and perhaps you can explain to them why you think my life isn't really worth the same as those on the ground. I'll do what I can to prevent the airplane from crashing, but if I were this pilot, I would have done what he (or she) did...I would have pulled the handle and hoped and prayed for the best.