Rose_Thorns
31st Aug 2010, 11:41
Mathematics and logic, a lost arts perhaps.
Would ATSB and Shell check the fuel load ?, you bet. Job 1. Fuel load and rating was fine.
Mathematical chances of two donkeys dying- slightly short of astronomical.
Expert opinion will weigh ALL evidence, not the scraps dished out by the media and the basic, mandatory ATSB reports.
This incident presents a deep industry based problem. One not to be measured against reasonable speculation or, the honest perceptions of folk who are not privy to all the salient facts.
Fact 1. CASA was informed 12 months before the accident that soon or late there would be a serious incident. Not for the first time. Did CASA miss the bus, again. I wonder.
The pilot' s mindset, at the time, must be considered in relation to how to best handle the situation. Nothing remotely related to managing the 'emergency'. But to the ground based response expected after landing. This is, IMHO, perhaps the most significant element contributing to this tragedy.
Errors made ?. Certainly, but why ???. This was initially, a competent, experienced pilot.
It' s time; the ATSB should make a serious attempt at defining exactly what, in an objective, safety related manner, exactly what was the radical (root) cause of this very avoidable tragedy.
Would ATSB and Shell check the fuel load ?, you bet. Job 1. Fuel load and rating was fine.
Mathematical chances of two donkeys dying- slightly short of astronomical.
Expert opinion will weigh ALL evidence, not the scraps dished out by the media and the basic, mandatory ATSB reports.
This incident presents a deep industry based problem. One not to be measured against reasonable speculation or, the honest perceptions of folk who are not privy to all the salient facts.
Fact 1. CASA was informed 12 months before the accident that soon or late there would be a serious incident. Not for the first time. Did CASA miss the bus, again. I wonder.
The pilot' s mindset, at the time, must be considered in relation to how to best handle the situation. Nothing remotely related to managing the 'emergency'. But to the ground based response expected after landing. This is, IMHO, perhaps the most significant element contributing to this tragedy.
Errors made ?. Certainly, but why ???. This was initially, a competent, experienced pilot.
It' s time; the ATSB should make a serious attempt at defining exactly what, in an objective, safety related manner, exactly what was the radical (root) cause of this very avoidable tragedy.