"Bucky" wrote in message
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/plane_crash_investigation


Of course, the pilots should not have experimented around, but is it
dangerous to take a plane to its max altitude? When the engineers
specify a maximum altitude, doesn't it still have to be safe at that
altitude?


The head of the Air Travelers Association also blames the pilots. "This is
more a story of pilots having time on their hands and playing with things in
the cockpit that they shouldn't," ... "Flying, is as boring as truck driving
most of the time. This was boredom and experimentation, these guys
experimenting with things they had no business doing," Stempler said.

How is it that pilots have no business flying a plane to it's ceiling? Seems
like pretty reasonable behavior to me.

Michael