Article: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/08/travel/asiana-pilot-questions/index.html?iref=allsearch
Last Saturday, a terrible accident occurred: an Asiana airplane crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport. Fortunately, out of the 291 passengers of the plane, only two have been confirmed dead. To me, it seems that the accident was caused by the pilot by mistake. However, right now, people have not yet confirmed what caused the plane crash. People have also not confirmed if the pilot Lee Kang kuk's experience played a role in the accident. In this article, the author, Thom Patterson, is concerned with whether the pilot's flying experience played a role in the crash. Patterson introduces a brief history of Lee's flying experience: Lee had over 10,000 hours of flying experience in aircraft other than the Boeing 777, but his forty-three hours of experience in the Boeing 777 is obviously not a lot. Patterson also shows concern about pilots changing planes from time to time. Did the pilot's experience really contribute to the accident? Patterson introduces different perspectives on the issue: those of Mary Schiavo (former Department of Transportation Inspector), Mark Weiss (aviation consultant and 20-year airline pilot), and Deborah Hersman (NTSB Chairwoman). Schiavo believes that experience matters, while Hersman does not. Weiss is a little more neutral, but he believes that it is possible that the pilot's experience played a role in the accident. Patterson did not take a side on this issue. He is only sure that more evidence will come to prove whether the pilot's experience played a role in the plane crash and what was the exact cause of the accident.
Unlike your other post where Alex said you didn't really state your opinion, I think you definitely had an opinion on this particular topic. However, I believe you should try to talk about your own personal opinion a bit more throughout the commentary. You're a little contradictory in your expressions though, when you say that "the accident was caused by the pilot by mistake", and then say that "People have also not confirmed if the pilot Lee Kang kuk's experience played a role in the accident". It seems a lot like you formed a conjecture without really having adequate facts to do so. All in all though, your commentary was very well written and helpful.
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