At least I don't feel completely stupid for asking.

If the initial news report is to be believed, they were on a scheduled flight that was expected to take 20 to 25 minutes. I wouldn't want to fly with a pilot that would drop into my favorite fishing hole without notifying someone of our modified flight plan.

Nor would I work for a company that would wait as long as these folks apparently did before notifying the authorities that something was wrong.

The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking that some heads are gonna roll over this. I can only imagine what the families of those who died will be thinking.

Hope I'm just playing devil's advocate and that there are some logical reasons for whatever actions did or did not take place in a timely fashion.

John E