Originally Posted by
KingAir1978
I sincerely hope that this gets thrown out.
It is simply impossible to train crew for every conceivable scenario... .
Nobody is suggesting that it is.
Leaving aside the dodgy pitot for a moment, the case will be that AF failed to ensure that their staff were trained to a certain standard expected of a competent pilot. The court will then look at what that standard is and will decide whether AF attained that standard, not necessarily in the AF447 crew’s case but across its crew training as a whole.
If AF is found guilty, crew training departments across the world will have to look at their own standards and decide if they are up to the mark.
That is a good thing particularly in the current climate where pilot competence and training is being questioned.