> Whether he's religious or not, or decides to pray or not - is separate to how good a pilot he is. I totally agree with this. A pilot can be religious, he's f

> Whether he's religious or not, or decides to pray or not - is separate to how good a pilot he is. I totally agree with this. A pilot can be religious, he's free to pray in a bad situation, particularly if it helps him calm down. However this is separate from the pilot's work. His religion should not affect his decision making as a pilot. > In terms of asking somebody to pray - I've never been particularly offended by that, no matter what the faith of the person. It's not that praying is offensive, it's that his suggestion that the passengers pray implies that their survival is at least somewhat dependent on divine intervention. Going back to my first point, it's fine for the pilot or passengers to believe this in a personal capacity but in a professional capacity it's the pilot's responsibility to remain purely in a realm of fact. Plus, this implication could (and very well should) scare the shit out of the passengers. You definitely don't want them panicking.