[Howlin]

I cannot understand this lust for BLOOD from some of these posters.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

They've watched one too many episodes of Star Trek, it seems.. They think everything that happens has a happy ending, and that just before Captain Kirk dies, he really does say something assinine like, "It...was...fun."

This is real life, but if someone is hell bent on working himself into a lather about something he doesn't know jack about, that won't mean much to him, apparently.

[Magnum44]

Regarding 'blame', 'agendas', and your ongoing discussion:

Its not about blame, though some will try to make it that. Its about finding causes, ops practices, and design flaws/weaknesses/errors and doing what it takes to never permit the same accident to happen again. In order to do that, root causes (blame) will have to be properly placed. This is not a murder charge. But it is fessing up to even the slightest possibility that some action/inaction may have led to the failure. Admitting such failures is personally and institutionally hard for any person/organization. But for safety of future flights it is essential that the failures be identified.

Recommend reading the following post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/835122/posts?page=19#19