Quotes are from the Unions: does that tell you anything?
Jake Molloy, regional organiser of the RMT Union said: “This is astonishing.
“I was of the understanding that systems and procedures were put in place some time ago to ensure this kind of event couldn’t happen, again.
“It seems we introduce systems to address failures that have the potential for a major incident, then after a period of time those systems are forgotten.
“You have to question how learnings from previous events of this nature are lost.”
John Boland, regional officer at the Unite union said: “It’s very concerning. These pilots are very experienced and you would expect that they are landing on the correct platform.
“The concern is if the platform wasn’t actually ready for the helicopter landing, and there were operations going on, that could have been a much more serious situation.”
Could have, may have
Nigel may remember that allied to the Decca dropouts many NS facilities had the same NDB frequency back in the 70s; that was fun
But I feel for the crew on this occasion, they are could well become scapegoats for something deeper than a misident. Dusseldorf/Aberdeen anyone?