happened this last week, the authorities have also not really been consistent in exactly the whereabouts of the pilot's family. >> appreciate you looking into that and also there has been a lot of -- today there was another report, local media report we are not even mentioning because it's been knocked down. so there's a lot of misreporting, particularly in local papers that we're avoiding. i want to bring in jim tilmon. thanks for being with us. this idea about pilot suicide, does that make any sense to you? it's what you're trying to do -- if that's what you're trying to do, why try to hide the plane? why turn off the data system, the transponder, why fly around for however long it flew around for. >> if that's what you're going to do, you might as well right after takeoff hit the drink, there's no big deal. just dive right into the water. i think that's a far-fetched idea, way off the mark. >> the flight simulator at the pilot's home, does that raise any red flags for you as an experienced pilot? >> normally it wouldn't, because