I apologise to the rest of you, as I was going to leave my upset on the last thread, but backinthebox's reponse has pissed me off.
I am in Malaysia, seeing and hearing a very different kind of national upset to anything I've seen before. Tonight I'm picking up a friend who has had to come back from his posting in another region because his partner, who is MAS cabin crew, simply cannot cope with the loss of his close friends in such circumstances. Next week I am taking a group of school children on a MAS flight to another SE Asian country, and the are frightened. Later tonight I am going to see another friend, who is preparing his speech for his best friend's service at temple. This friend has a wife and two small children who cannot now see their father ever again and have no idea how they will live. What is he going to say in his speech, for crying out loud?
Just because you claim to be a pilot doesn't mean you can silence other people. Your opinion is no more valuable than anyone else's, despite the fawning over pilots etc. we've seen on these threads. I assume we are actually on the same page about most things. I have emphatically said we should not be assuming pilot fault over the threads. I have friends who are pilots. Friends who are also questioning the official line on this.
I reposted something that is going around Facebook and Whatsapp, amongst Malaysian friends. The article may be fantastical, but it's in line with the kids of speculation that a lot of Malaysians are considering.
So, to go back to your first insult, look at your name, backinthebox.