> The NTSB would have called it out if that were the case. If there’s protracted conversation unrelated to the safe operation of flight, apparently agitated co

> The NTSB would have called it out if that were the case. If there’s protracted conversation unrelated to the safe operation of flight, apparently agitated conversation, being conducted during a critical phase of flight, it seems odd that the official report would not mention what led the NTSB to exclude psychological factors and/or cockpit distractions as a contributing factor. But I don’t read these reports frequently; so maybe that’s not how they are structured. I imagined that they were structured like scientific papers where the conclusions typically anticipate reviewers’ critiques and dealt with them in advance. Then again, there’s no intent of peer review here.