There has been much said about the lack of training for the Captains of these Antarctic flights. But they were highly qualified professionals in their own fields. Who were Justice Mahon's technical advisers during the course of this enquiry, seeing that he had no aeronautical expertise or experience.?
The comments made by the Appeal Court, and confirmed by the Privy Council, which have been printed in this forum a number of times, really show up the failings of the way Justice Mahon's Commission of enquiry. was conducted.
Even the Minister of Transport at the time has stated that the appointment of only one commissioner was a mistake.
The debate is whether the crew were blameless, when all the rules and regulations that were broken prior to the descent, no matter all the claimed background mistakes that try to justify these bad decisions by captain, on his own without any prior conferring with any other member of the flight crew, than that statement is of course open to much debate. If the statement was the cabin crew were blameless than that would be believed without any debate..