Originally Posted by
Chronic Snoozer
I see where you are coming from LB however, in my experience, an increasing number of accident reports are replete with all manner of contributory and non-contributory factors which blur the landscape on what is, fundamentally, human error. Are all mitigating factors mitigating just because the investigator says so, or is this all just becoming a lawyers playground?
Accident reports that are merely a blanc mange of waffle are a related but different problem.
If a professional, independent, expert investigatory body, tasked with ascertaining the cause/s of an accident/incident (let's not get into that quagmire) and informed by more than one side of a story, comes to the conclusion that the cause is pilot error alone, so be it. That's its job.
Circumstances of death and damage always were, and always will be, a lawyers' playground.
PS: What OO and LL said.