Bring it on!! Let 'em swing...could add a few politicians to that conga line!!

You mean they will have 7 days to find the right person to pay off and the right police officers to man the premises of an illegal operation...

Man...they already jumping on that little trust fund of sorts that the government claims was the 2% they won back...even though it did not give them any more controlling interest...what was the name of the fund again? So meaningless, I already forgot it...mind you, they are already trying to use and abuse it!!

The 'story' definitely does not all add up as it is portrayed in this article that is for sure.

Actually...I am a professional pilot, with as many years behind the stick as Capt Thurston...which is why this particular story in this article does not add up...also why this case is so perplexing. The one thing is for certain is that while he was 'on course' for the final approach, he was WAY too low. Why, we will need to wait for the finding from the cockpit voice recorders and whatever other data they can put together. I did not know t he Captain personally, so I cannot speak to his flying habits, but anyone who is familiar with Freeport knows all about that area off of the approach end of 6...you do NOT go peaking under cloud layers out there in hopes of spotting the runway...at that particular point in the approach, he should have been 1,000 feet higher. Could be something mechanical, could be some erroneous data being presented...but with the myriad of technology in the cockpit these days and his experience level, this should not have happened if the plane was functioning properly, and he was flying how he should. The faa/caa/ntsb report will hopefully give us all some definitive answers for what just doesn't make sense...strictly trying to figure out the flying aspects of it all...not the tragedy behind people losing their lives way too early. Wish I knew the Captain more personally so I would have some idea of where his mind may have been as this was unfolding.

Agreed...he was no rookie pilot, and he was flying into known bad weather...you figure out how much fuel you need to get the job done safely...Tal was on point with the flight to alternate destination, plus another 45 minutes of fuel after they reach the alternate. 45 minutes in a jet like that covers a LOT of territory...from Freeport 45 minutes could get him into Orlando or beyond...Palm Beach...Bimini...back to Nassau, literally about 20 minutes at the most once he is at altitude.

They can police the supermarkets as much as they want...assuming an item is not 'price controlled' they can charge whatever they want, government has no say in the matter assuming the product is not on that price control list.

Fuel vs passengers...it would not be able to carry 7 people and full fuel...but if fuel was an issue at 1 hour into the flight, he was cutting his margins very thin, especially knowing he was going into bad weather.

I'd say he circled around more than once...for a Lear Jet, the run from Nassau to Freeport in good weather is about 20 minutes...he was in the air according to the timeline for over an hour.

I also seem to recall hearing that a Bahamasair plane tried and tried and circled as well and ended up giving up and flying back to Nassau.

That's because half of the board of directors and legal advisors are MP's and Senators...criminals or not, they need a loophole in there to keep their business going!!