My take on the Northwest 188 incident
I’ll say up front that I in no way take what happened aboard Northwest 188 lightly. The pilots made a very serious mistake that can’t be explained away. At the same time, they made a mistake. People make mistakes. They have admitted their mistake and, as far as I know, have been totally truthful in telling the authorities what happened. So while the media, and just about everyone else, is out to crucify these guys, I see it as an opportunity to learn from what happened and possibly make some changes that might help prevent a similar thing from happening again.