"SeeAndAvoid" wrote in message
link.net...
I was very disappointed, but not surprised, to hear the outrageous comment
Ms. Couric made about an airplane accident in Farmington, NM. A pilot who
loses an engine and crashes, and extremely lucky to be alive, belongs in
jail? An airplane crashes into a building of some kind and you
automatically assume, and broadcast to millions of people, that is must be
some terrorist wannabe?



That particular airplane, and a few others just like it, belong to a
flight
school in Farmington. Student pilots and instructors are flying them
multiple times, daily. Where do you think pilots come from? They have to
train somewhere, at usually about $40k of their own money. Yet you see
fit
to shoot your uninformed mouth off about a poor student that nearly died?
He, or someone like him, could be your next charter pilot. I'm sure
airline
travel is beneath you.



I expect this to be ignored and dumped into your trash bin. Ms. Couric,
with all due respect, which your profession commands less every day from
the
general public, stick to the 'soft' stuff and keep your big yapper shut.
We're not all in awe of your 'celebrity' status, you're paid to inform and
entertain. Read the news or sing a song and I may throw a dime in your
cup,
otherwise don't overestimate the importance in the grand scheme of things
of
what you provide to the public.


(Gave my name and return address. Think I'll get a response? Doubt it.)

You assume the story wasn't a hatchet job from the beginning. :~(