Hearing first hand from Bill will be a very good thing. however, we see error's that are either from him or statements made shortly after the hijacking. the right questions need to be asked.

The crew appeared to help Paul with the map he made. documents state that "the crew of the above airline has now spotted a possible area for the suspected departure of the hijacker to be over Merwin lake, near woodland, Washington"

Ask if he can recall how close to the Battleground VOR 305 was and did they fly VOR to VOR and can he recall how far off centerline from V23 was deviated..

They also made a statement of using the autopilot during most of the flight through Washington. most of the path is relatively straight flight.

Statements of the past need to be brought into the conversation along with asking if the flight path could be over the location the money was found in 1980 vs any maps made shortly after the fact showing different. also, whether they were aware of there position vs the ground and did Anderson plot anything for record. 

Try to determine if the oscillation and pressure bump was immediate or minutes apart.

The time of the possible jump has been well established through the transcripts and his interview. the location or coords seems to be the error..

50 years is a long time and it could be rather easy to "guide" him into things. lots of things need to be put on the table for review moving forward in a positive direction..

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The time of the possible jump has been well established through the transcripts and his interview. the location or coords seems to be the error...

The timing of the oscillations is fairly well established, but the time of the jump which would equate to the pressure bump is unknown. It’s not in the transcripts or the 302s. All we know is that it occurred after 8:12. Other than that, all we have are Rat’s own statement on the matter which ranges from 5 to 15 minutes after 8:05.

If he could pin down a better jump time, it would be a game changer.

Rataczak was quite adamant that Cooper jumped at 8:13pm when we spoke on the phone in 2009.

Bill describes the jump in the HBO documentary. they appear to go by the pressure bump vs the oscillation. that's why I'm wondering if there is or was a time gap. they have explained it being one after the other. the transcripts states the crew claiming the time of where he left the plane. nothing is said after that transmission. he also explains it was mentioned about the time but not the location for "pinpointing" the spot.

'crew reported oscillations of the cabin rate climb indicator. this is probably due to the hijackers weight on the stairs. stairs extending further, result affect on cabin pressure. may be best estimate of when he exited the airplane."

This could be take two ways. Cooper getting on the stairs and lowering them or getting to the bottom and jumping within moments of getting on the stairs. it affected the cabin rate gauge twice. the noise increased as he went down and then subsided..all the actions could of taken place in less than a minute and not 5-10 minutes apart. this term could be taken out of context. this is what needs to be confirmed.

They have the approx. time but the location is the key factor. the transcripts can mark the time but not the location unless they state where the plane was or the crew does the same. this was the critical error from the start. nobody appears to have thought about this critical point during the time in question..they let it slip right through there fingers..

The point is that we do not have the exact time he jumped.

Again, Rataczak told me repeatedly that Cooper jumped at 8:13pm, when we spoke in 2009.

I'm perfectly comfortable with the 8:13 jump time. BTW, Bill is sharp. He isn't some old guy digging into some hazy past.

I don't think anyone is accusing Bill of anything. he has admitted memory issues just as the rest has. we have conflicting stories between two guys sitting next to each other. statements made in previous years not adding up to what is said in the 80. 90's etc.

Hopefully, Bill can clear up a lot of the misinformation. I don't see anything bad coming of this?

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I'm perfectly comfortable with the 8:13 jump time. BTW, Bill is sharp. He isn't some old guy digging into some hazy past.

I don't think anyone is accusing Bill of anything. he has admitted memory issues just as the rest has. we have conflicting stories between two guys sitting next to each other. statements made in previous years not adding up to what is said in the 80. 90's etc.

Hopefully, Bill can clear up a lot of the misinformation. I don't see anything bad coming of this?

Everyone has memory issues as they get older. I wouldn't even call them "issues" in most cases, things just didn't happen quite the way we remember them. Unless, of course, you're one of those Christiansen witnesses, in which case your memory is impeccable.

Everyone has memory issues as they get older. I wouldn't even call them "issues" in most cases, things just didn't happen quite the way we remember them. Unless, of course, you're one of those Christiansen witnesses, in which case your memory is impeccable.

Very true, experts say you don't really know your own history or view it different years later that becomes skewed. that's why you say "I always thought it was this or that" finding out years later you were wrong..I don't think that's the case here though..