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Old 1st Aug 2001, 06:20
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gaunty

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After this accident I got myself into a fair bit of trouble with this one, by raising the Airlines Duty of Care issue in allowing or booking their crew on this type, ie FAR23 v FAR25, I think you call it Perf B.
I was amazed at the lack of understanding by the airline community at large re the performance (or lack of) issues and the rush to defend the Captain and the organisation, when they were in fact not the issue.
I have printed off the report and will be studying it detail, but I do not expect to find anything very different to the usual results of misidentification and usually fatal "getting back to the airfield" syndrome.

I would be consoled by the loss if the airlines at large had learn't their lesson and were no longer using non transport category (FAR23 type) aircraft for dead heading their crew.

Nothing whatsoever to do with the "skill", "maintenance" or otherwise of the the operator.
Under the circumstances described it was almost inevitable.
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