FLYJACK

No, I found a major error that caused the FBI to eliminate him. Doesn't mean he was Cooper.. this jumping South stuff doesn't either.. FWW,, I am leaving for bit.... got serious things going on..

Occam's Razor supports my theory.. there are no facts that reject it. The other one has unresolved issues or claims that are illogical. This seems a lot more complicated than "get going south and jump as soon as I can see some sign of civilization." It's far fewer steps. I really wonder what Ockham would have thought about us using his idea in situations like this. Regardless, the actual usage of The Razor is when you have two equally likely hypotheses you should favor the one that has fewer steps. These aren't equally plausible hypotheses to me and if they were...we would not be choosing the one where he is on his second hijacking plan that involves going to another country and then decides to just jump immediately because...reasons. My theory is simpler,, he demanded to fly nonstop to Mexico, Reno was in play he jumped early,, pretty simple.. it reconciles two big issues,, The range being wrong and Cooper giving no path. Cooper gave no path,, It was not a planned LZ... He didn't give a path, but what he did ended up getting him headed south over a populated area and he seems to have jumped just as he was getting to population. It's simpler to assume that was his intent from the beginning. Cooper didn't give a path, the plane could have been anywhere when he jumped so it was ad hoc... they were still considering the coast right up to takeoff.. NO path means not targeted. He was not dressed for a PNW jump in those conditions, Landing in the dark/cold/wet and hiking out is not easy.. Cooper would be wet cold and dirty. South is much better for jumping. He's not dressed to jump out of a plane at all, but he does. Wearing something for a cold weather excursion like hiking would have put too much attention on him; same rationale for not bringing a parachute onboard. He does jump,, clearly jumping further south is better. The US/American currency qualifier suggests a "foreign" element. It could just as (or more) easily be explained by someone who has spent lots of time (a career in the military?) overseas and has those expressions in his general lexicon. You seam to have to be doing a lot of explaining for an easier option.. Cooper jumping south of the border is consistent with asking for US/American currency. Cooper was described as Latin/Mexican/Native American. By some! So were other very very very white criminals. Sadly this nation loves to skew miscreants in a rationalized direction... By almost all if you include swarthy.. Cooper initially demanded airstairs lowered inflight. Yeah this seems like one of those things that plagues us with the game of telephone we have to decipher decades later. Not true , it is a fact... Cooper's initial demand WAS airstairs lowered inflight,, it is clear in the files.. Cooper rejected large airports to refuel. This is just as easily explained by him making sure they head south over Portland. The phrase he uses to back them off is successful and suggests he is intent on being in the plane at that point. He wants them to wonder where the hell he is going to jump so he has to seem concerned. Again explaining something claimed to be simple.. you are making this up,, the route to SoCal is V23.. There is zero evidence he wanted to fly to Portland, in fact you wouldn't expect the plane with a bomb to fly over populated areas. He knew about refuelling and aviation,, he didn't get the range wrong. But he did get it wrong when he asked them to fly dirty. If his intent wasn't to fly dirty the whole time and knew he could make it farther because of it why on earth didn't he push back. I think he knew the 727s max range and had been on airplanes before but wasn't in a position to understand the actual impact of lowering flaps and gear on flight beyond the fact that those settings would be used when people were jumping out of a plane. Drag and fuel consumption is very basic stuff in aviation,, if he knew aviation even a little and refuelling procedures he would understand range limitations flying dirty. and why wasn't Cooper identified??? Why do criminals get away sometimes? This is a question much larger than this case. No, it isn't really,, this is the only unidentified hijacking... generalizing is a straw-man. The standard investigative methods failed.. something unique occurred in this case. They failed because the case itself is unique. All the following ones were solved quickly. This is luck and novelty, pure and simple. The FBI quickly developed methods to pinpoint where people jumped but they didn't have them yet. Cooper must have also been tight lipped about his plans. YES, it is unique,, now we are getting somewhere... luck and novelty is your subjective opinion but too limiting,,, Those played a role but you miss errors, misunderstandings and incompetence which have a greater impact.. I found a massive error that may have undermined the investigation.. Point is this is a unique case and something unique caused it to remian unsolved,,,

Two things,, I know why the FBI messed up with Hahneman... I just haven't disclosed it. But, Cooper is the only hijacker to not be identified,,, this is not a bank robbery. NORJAK is unique and something unique occurred for it to not be solved. IMO, the typical linear thinking in this case has failed... there is an error or something misunderstood in this case.

V23 was not a certainty...

It is very difficult to get inside somebody's head and understand why they do things,, people do things that are rational and irrational,, we can only speculate. This makes sense.. Cooper believed the plane could make it to Mexico to refuel when he made his initial demand,, he demanded no landing in the US. The crew told him they don't have the range.. and have to land in the US to refuel. But, Cooper believed the plane could make Mexico so he may have thought they were lying and setting him up when landing... Cooper didn't push back believing they were lying.. He refused the large airports offered,, then when they agreed on Reno, Cooper decided to jump early.. fearing a setup in Reno...

I can't think of any downside for giving the configuration early.. he had parachutes they knew he was likely jumping.. An "aviator" would accommodate the crew. Occam's Razor supports my theory.. there are no facts that reject it. The other one has unresolved issues or claims that are illogical. Cooper gave no path,, It was not a planned LZ... He was not dressed for a PNW jump in those conditions, Landing in the dark/cold/wet and hiking out is not easy.. Cooper would be wet cold and dirty. South is much better for jumping. The US/American currency qualifier suggests a "foreign" element. Cooper was described as Latin/Mexican/Native American. Cooper initially demanded airstairs lowered inflight. Cooper rejected large airports to refuel. He knew about refuelling and aviation,, he didn't get the range wrong. and why wasn't Cooper identified??? The standard investigative methods failed.. something unique occurred in this case.

Because he made it clear they would be lowered infighting by the stew,, he wanted them to know the flight config before,, he never gave a path,,, That indicates he was going give a path and order the stew to lower the stairs inflight. I don't see any problem with Cooper telling the flight crew how he wanted the plane configured beforehand.. If he gave a specific LZ that would be an issue..

This one is different, it conflates the early demands and the later ones.. If Cooper had said gear down flaps down WHEN airstairs lowered,, everything changes.. One missed word can change the meaning,, Before Reno, the crew assumed he wanted to fly dirty from takeoff,, he never said that.

It limits the speed,, also, I discovered that when the military does low altitude cargo drops they have the gear down,, significant,, I don't know..

He didn't ask for the stairs to be down initially,, he said to be lowered inflight by the stew.

That is a summary of Tina's understanding and recall.. that is not necessarily Cooper's intended demand. In fact, Tina has conflated Cooper's initial demand with the later one... His initial demand was airstairs lowered inflight.. not on takeoff.

He knew about refuelling that indicates he would understand range and the effect of flying dirty... Cooper would not know he was misunderstood.. He was told the plane can't make Mexico and would have to refuel.. We can't know what was going on his head... Look this a theory, it isn't proven, never will be... You guys keep using assumptions to reject it,, you need to challenge it with facts, not assumptions.

Do you understand a non sequitur.. The point is the plane didn't fly straight south.. it flew SSW and SSE..

That does not make sense,,, the demand would have to be rejected and renegotiated,, there is no advantage to this there is no con. You only have two options,, Cooper either miscalculated the range dirty or he was misunderstood. and he knew about refuelling... he knew flaps,, he had aviation knowledge.