[tcrist]

Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton

Ernie---the differance between racing a car and flying a plane
in a car you can't change the altitude your operating at---you can only steer right, go straight,turn left---spin, yes, but that is only a way of slowing down/stopping---

Flying---you can't slow down or you will stop flying---you can change altitude by a few feet to a huge amount---

About the radio tapes-----as a pilot, you must fly the plane---as a controller-they have never ever crashed a desk----you cannot let a controller control your a/c, they only issue clearances

And with that -----this accident could of happened to thousands of pilots in the same situation if they had let the contrllers fly the planes from there desk---not just Jack

Tell Carl and Brad that and I'll bet they will disagree.