I fully and totally agree that seeing a total solar eclipse from the air is a remarkable experience -- Posts 112 and 114 here -- and I completely understand that a lot of people are disappointed that the reality of their viewing experience didn't materialize to match the anticipation

I guess I'm just a curmudgeon who has a philosophical problem with hyperbole (words like "devastating"), use of false-equivalence similes (like a gunman's mental health), and people who gloss over DL's own words (in their reply to simonwc, viz., "... we could not make any guarantee that a passenger would have a particular view of the eclipse for any length of time.") yet still persist in repetitive "coulda-woulda-shoulda" finger-pointing (to say nothing of inquiring about compensation and noodling about class-action suits )