All Intensive Purposes

Via Bailey McQuarters, yesterday's New York Times had a wrenching account from the Times writer who was on the executive jet that escaped a mid-air collision with a passenger plane over the Amazon Jungle recently. Those on the other plane were not so lucky -- all 155 aboard died. Today news comes that the pilots of the executive jet may be charged with manslaughter. Although it's too soon to jump to conclusions, the most recent report strongly suggests that under international protocols the executive jet was at the wrong altitude.