For all I know, Carol Dows arguments were made in good faith and she just might be a brilliant aviator, however, her provocative posting in the forum on 1 January 1999,
"How does one become an Earhart Scholar?" fits the profile of a
troll.
Quoting Dow in her post "I happen to be a Bonanza Pilot and have some time behind the controls, and I well know what it is to have sweat on your face and a look of fear in you fear in your eyes. Any pilot who was in the predicament AE was in would have doubled back and headed for the island chain they just flew over."
Those comments just do not sound like something that any experienced aviator that I know would say. Generally speaking, the more experience that you accumulate in flying, the less boasting and bragging that is done especially if one has made it through a few scrapes.