Originally Posted by
sheppey
That Garuda debacle and other similar tragic accidents could easily have been averted if the copilot had the moral courage to force a go-around at any time on the approach by simply calling aloud "GO AROUND - GEAR UP - and simultaneously selected gear up. Even the most culturally mad captain would not deliberately land gear up just to make a point.
The culture stems from the top of the airline management and emanates down all the way to the ‘shop floor’.
It would be interesting to analyse previous worldwide events, say in the last 10 years, to determine if had the first officer ‘piped up’ ( and probably complied with the SOPs ) the accident would have been averted, and avoiding mention of “Swiss cheese”. Probably research for a prospective PhD student?
Culture invariably plays a part in all accidents; those aspects which inhibits the SOPs from being carried out is a mission which all training departments need to adopt to eradicate, and eliminate “SKYGODS”. Without that commitment avoidable accidents will not diminish.