[spuz]

The point we're responding to is this:

> All of the commentary on the violation of the sterile cockpit rule and argument before departure are irrelevant to the actual cause

Which is just as false a statement as it is to say "The violation of the sterile cockpit rule and argument before departure were a significant cause". The fact is, we don't know if it was, but it's not wrong to say that it might be.

[refurb]

It’s not because we have experts at the NTSB to make a call as to relevance.

You’re right it could be relevant, but they just didn’t have any data to support that.

But you could also argue the copilot’s career as a lawyer could be relevant plus a million other factors, we just don’t know.

It adds nothing to the discussion because it’s not actionable.