The nzherald published an article yesterday that hides behind a paywall, titled "Maynard Hawkins: Executive pilots 'sacrificed' in the effort to apportion blame for Erebus". Anyone able to post article?
I can't hand on heart say that I would have done anything different on the day to the crew onboard TE901
I love a statement made by another ppruner, "
my ego makes me want to sit here and think to myself and promise you that *I* surely would have done a better job in that situation. But I cannot guarantee that. Perhaps I would have done the same thing, basically sitting frozen on the controls for those eight brief seconds. I like to believe I'm Neil Armstrong/Chuck Yeager/Bob Hoover all rolled into one awesome human bean. Most of the time though I'm just Chuckles the Clown. I cut that guy a lot of slack".