Originally Posted by
Pickuptruck
So with zero air accident investigation experience and zero widebody transport flying experience a Judge in the space of a few months knew as much about flying the DC10 as anyone on the flight deck. Mahon’s explanation of the INS and his snippets of knowledge on flying and airmanship were downright embarrassing as was his idea that it was perfectly acceptable to forget about a Tacan lock and descend anyway. Mahon was way out of his depth.
Well said.
Mahon's snippets of aviation knowledge were indeed embarrassing. Not least of which was his assertion that "anecdotally, Air NZ crews had found the INS to be unerringly accurate therefore Collins was entitled to have 100% faith in it". It's laughable.
But laughable as it may be, Mahon's premise was well communicated and easily understood by the general public. And those with an agenda (like the crew family members) latched onto it like a junkie to meth.
Which brings us to where we are today.