Originally Posted by
Ambient Sheep
I don't know, but according to an article on page 42 of the latest Private Eye (#1501) it's...
"...the crash pilot [that] has now asked the AAIB to reopen its inquiry.
"Only days before West Sussex coroner Penelope Schofield was expected to set an inquest date, lawyers acting for the AAIB told her that investigators had been asked to reconsider their original finding that the crash had been the result of pilot error.
"Andy Hill [...] had asked the AAIB to look again at the case after he was found not guilty of 11 manslaughter charges at the Old Bailey earlier this year. He was cleared by a jury after arguing that the g-forces [sic] he experienced during the flight had caused a cognitive impairment -- not a factor originally considered by air investigators..."
If true is it just me that finds this a little distasteful?
The pilot was acquitted largely because the prosecution were unable to prove that he had NOT suffered a Cognitive Impairment during the manoeuvre. Basically they couldn't prove that he didn't suffer something that its impossible to prove (there is no known test).
Should he just accept that he is a free man, and not cause even more misery to those who are left behind and are suffering?