Originally Posted by
Checkboard
Not allowed? I know there is a requirement to instruct passengers in a control seat not to interfere with controls - but I've never seen a rule prohibiting the pilot from allowing them to touch the controls.
As to the report - they looked and couldn't find anything. What else are they to say? That lack of speculation doesn't make it a crap report.
In terms of speculation, and looking at the conduct of the operation, it's just as likely that the pilot was attempting a "Bob Hoover" landing. 125 knots at sixty feet, pull the mixture and pull up for a glide reversal and landing. Ta Da!
CAR 1988 228 "Unauthorised persons not to manipulate controls" (manipulate - to handle or use)
The report was comprehensive, as was the evidence.
Yet there are omissions.
Which is a pity, as they obviously put a lot of work into it.