Originally Posted by
PapaHotel6
..........Neither of these equates to "successive governments have already admitted Mahon got it right".
Geoff Palmer, Jenny Shipley and John Key all apologised to the family victims on the 10th, 20th and 30th anniversaries respectively, so don't heap c**p on Jacinda. They are all merely acknowledging that tabling the Mahon Report in Parliament confirmed this was the official and only correct findings as to the cause of the accident.
............competent observer would conclude that Air New Zealand, Civil Aviation, ALPA, and Jim Collins all committed errors in the absence of which the disaster would not have occurred.
.........with the exception of Jim Collins and his crew. As confirmed in the Mahon Report.
Piggy Muldoon was a tough old bastard (read his autobiography). Trouble with Piggy, on this occasion, he couldn't pick a winner. Ron Chippendale was a gentle giant and true gentleman and was therefore, obviously intimidated by Muldoon. He had to side with Air NZ (Morrie Davis was a big mate of Robby) and the government of the day. He just went too hard with the "pilot error" verdict which stirred up Gordon Vette and eventually resulted in the Mahon Inquiry. Again, Piggy couldn't pick a winner. He was sure Mahon would come the same conclusion as Chippendale. Alas, Mahon was an incredibly honest judge with a keen eye for the truth.
Here (AGAIN) ends the lesson.