cooper9411 wrote:
Like it was stated in earlier posts, a lot of the stuff that is "pawned", is for the ratings. Nothing against pilots, but why would you ask their opinion on an aircraft instead of asking a A&P?

That's because pilot's know everything, and are superior in all things of this nature, and every other aspect of life as well. Similar to Chuck Norris in stature and candor, but just don't tell Chuck Norris that. All TV shows know this, which is why whenever there is a plane crash, there is always some local yokel at Uncle Bills's Flying Service that is willing to chime in and talk to the media about the aircraft, which is no doubt superbly and elegantly stated something along the lines of "Well, the cause of the crash is much too soon to be stated or discussed now. There is an entire process that the NSTB must do to figure out the cause of the accident. To say that he stalled and the engine quit is even too soon to state. The best course of action is allow the NTSB time for due process so that the facts are laid out well. It would be wrong to scare people (and be scary to me) into thinking that this crash was mechanical."
Of course inevitably, the media would splice together what he said as "The cause of the crash was he stalled and the engine quit, that's scary to me because it was mechanical".
What were we talking about again?