Originally Posted by
RubberDogPoop
As a thought experiment; had they successfully flown the escape manoeuvre and made it back to base - would an investigation have found them absolutely blameless?
Interesting hypothesis. In 1979, with the structure of the Government and it’s ownership of ANZ, combined with the likes of Davies and Muldoon at the helm with Chief Footstool Chippendale firing their loaded bullets, they would’ve definitely blamed the pilots for the ‘near miss’. It’s a no-brainer really because that’s what airlines do - ALWAYS BLAME THE PILOTS. Easy scapegoats so they can say ‘the airline is safe’, ‘the aircraft type is safe’, ‘our robust management are safe’, ‘****, even Mr Erebus is safe’, it was the pilots fault and we are dealing with those pesky Skygods as we speak. Case closed. Profits to protect, bonuses to collect, shareholders to please, etc etc.