Just mentioning something at random here, since this IS the YIYF's long bridge club... There was this terrible air accident this friday, a plane coming from Manaus, a city at the north of the country, in the middle of the amazon, going to Brasilia (the capital, at the center of the country) had a mid-air colision with a Legacy air jet, severily damaging the 737-800 (which was delivered by Boeing a couple of weeks ago) and crashed almost horizonatally into the middle of the forest, killing 155 people among passengers and crew. The Legacy jet, with about 7 people aboard, was able to safely land in a nearby airport. The Legacy, which had 6 americans (including a New York Times reporter and the two pilots) and 1 brazillian was going back to the United States. They were flying on an unauthorized path and turned off some of the equipaments which showed their radar position and planes nearby so they could fly above their approved altitute.

What makes me angry is that this accident was absolutely avoidable, caused by the ignorance of the pilots (which were doing a demonstration to possible buyers and to the reporter who was doing a story on the airplane) and it happened for an air company I always fly with in and support, which had a 100% safety record until now. My praiers go to the families and to the 155 who perished