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Old 17th Jan 2019, 01:08
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Winnie....there are contributing factors for sure.

But at the end of the day.....beginning with day one of a Pilot's training....in the most primary of trainers right the way to finding himself sat in the newest, most sophisticated high tech aircraft he has flown....basic skills and concepts transfer from one aircraft and level of complexity to the next.

Likewise, one's experience and progression upwards in levels of supervision, training, and safety carries the similar kinds of transferable skills and practices.

Why all of the failures that set the crew up for failure went un-noticed or acted identified and rectified?

These are not complicated ideas here I am talking about.

An example....a very simple one....in Bell Helicopters starting with the Bell 47 and forward....on two bladed systems....we learned to never start the aircraft with the blades fore and aft.....for the simple reason if they are cross ways....you cannot forget and start the aircraft with the blades tied down.

There are other reasons...but that is the simple thing.

Like wise....keepijng your hands on the flight controls is a standard practice that if used prevents some serious uh ohs....and with two pilot crews...it is easy to have one set of hands free for that purpose.

Most aircraft with elastomeric bearings do have odd Collective characteristics at start unlike the old style bearing heads so why if you moved from one type to another would that not be a transferrable bit of monkey memory?

How many mistakes did the Mishap Crew make in this roll over....have you counted them?

Gann once said....."Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal."

In this case we can substitute "Checklists" for "Rule Books" don't you think?
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