Post #4 'one thing leads to another' -rock song by The Fixx

Just the first sentence is funny but true: It's an unfortunate aviation paradox that a strong desire to reach a destination sometimes means never getting there. We look at this flight like a bunch of poor situations kept happening one after another, but yet, this kind of stuff happens everyday worldwide, its just a matter of assessing the situation correctly, priortizing, and thinking safety. These pilots unfortunately chose poor decisions and the wrong course of action. The very sad part of this whole event is the fact that Rifle, the alternate ariport was clear below 12000 with light winds. Now i cant imagine the pressure of unhappy clients not being able to make the expesive dinner party because of a trip to the alternate. -And the only person to blame is you, the PIC. but i gess thats sometimes whats needed. And what's more important? the lives of the passangers or getting to a dinner. On top of everything else, they were illegal in terms of not making the airport on time for noise abatementcy, executing an approach that was illegal because circling was NA at night and it wasn't day, not only that, the weather minimums were already bad and deteriorating, and 2 CL-600's went around prior to the crash. The pilot should have expected to divert or plan for a go-around, not to land at Aspen, and that's what i think his downfall was. He expected to land, when you have to plan for the worst, not the best. Plus, they only carried enough fuel for one shot on the approach then enough to Rifle. I feel that was a poor decision, because the more fuel the better. In my eyes, safety was not the concern, and was in the back of their minds. Hearing the two jets prior to them go around was a sinking feeling to the pilots when its something that should be taken calmly. This accident definately could have been prevented, especially because they followed a road to the right which they they thought would lead them to the runway. The poor ADM, judgement and failure of co-pilot backup is what lead to this to happen.