I'd like to know what you people are going to do if it turns out that nobody was really responsible for the crash.

Its times like this I feel for the airline (and that's saying something because I am no fan of Air Canada)...but let's say this was a result of the weather, and that the pilots should have taken the plane to the alternate...Moncton or Fredericton I suppose....

...WELL...the OUTRAGE from those passengers would have been legendary. It recently happened with a Sunwing flight. The pilots said "To HELL WITH HALIFAX" and they proceeded to the alternate. The passengers proceeded to immediately engage in a group zombie MOB...people were screaming and crying in airports, having child like hissy fits...freaking out at flight attendants...threatening to sick our beloved Passenger Bill of Rights advocate on the airline...caused a media circus...it was RIDICULOUS!! The same thing would have happened with AC624. Passengers only go on about their safety after the fact...they don't wanna talk about safety before hand.

And that's one of the reasons why pilots are under pressure to get passengers to their destination and not use the alternates in bad weather. I'm not saying that's the right thing to do...the pilots and the airlines should absolutely ignore passengers who are "mad as hell and aren't going to take it any more" in cases of bad weather because adult travelers often revert to a state of teenage maturity when things aren't going their way and are NOT CAPABLE of making their own decisions...but never the less, that's one of the reasons why it happens!