Kyle Patel 🛩️💳

I have refrained from statement on this - probably for my own good. However, I think we've got enough information to call out the nonsense that is floating around. First, DEI hire - nope. That girl made flying her life - as I see among only the most passionate pilots. My dad being one of them. Her boyfriend was also a pilot - both of them were absolutely in love with flying. Now, what seemed to have happened - as I was watching the weather most of the day. First, we get pretty bad storms, I have screen shots of ceilings at FL300 - 30,000ft - manageable. You fly over them. Then, we get a single cell that rapidly - faster than I've noticed (abnormal, but not recordbreaking)- grows in size from low pressure and heat below go from 30,000ft to 48,000ft in under ~11 minutes. So imagine this, you're flying - you're 20-30 minutes from destination and descending is part of the flight plan, at radio check in you're scheduled to be 6,000ft above any weather issues in roughly 9 minutes. After 5 minutes, you're 3,000ft above weather issues, by one minute out, you realize safety margin is rapidly shrinking and request climb, which is granted. By the the time you're over it, you're in the middle of it - where any pilot would avoid any sharp maneuvering mid storm. All things considered here, I would've loved to see them avoid the entire cell all together, they did ask for a better ride (meaning a different route) - however in the minutes leading up to the loss of control, everything "seemed" avoidable and within safe operating capacities. Mind you, this is from where I sit. Of course more data will come out and the @NTSB has been on point with their discovery in the past. Some things to keep in mind: The information provided here is loose observation, not data science from where I sit - just an aviation expert's 30 minute take on what may have happened. Weather Radar is often delayed - there is no definitive way of being precise in time or type for weather - which is why tolerances exist. Your pilots, both of them, worked for an ARG/US rated company - well audited, regularly, for safety. Tragic, close to home, and I know the operation behind it - they have always done a wonderful job. FWIW - I was in the cockpit at 12 and several times before I even drove a car. Naturally, people will always bring up the safety in flying private versus commercial - I'll revitalize the metrics that I have kept track of throughout the years and publish that in the coming days.