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Old 23rd Jan 2022, 04:03
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Originally Posted by slice
Jim was told was he ? By whom ? Don't recall this information appearing in the Chippendale (or Mahon) report. As for any information Jim may have been given at the route briefing, that was hotly disputed by other pilots who attended the briefing. If Jim was a very bad pilot, how was it that the aces at Air NZ flight ops management allowed Jim to command a flight to Antarctica, or to anywhere for that matter. One thing that can be determined with certainty from this tragedy, is that Air NZ flight ops management of the time were a complete and utter bunch of incompetent arseclowns and will be remembered not only for their abject failure in the safe management of an Airline, but also for their pathetic attempt at a coverup.

Route 1: At the briefing, Jim was told that the final waypoint was at McMurdo Station. That is a fact. Mahon accepted it. I suggest that you do too.

Route 2: Somehow, somewhere, Jim got an old flightplan showing the waypoint 27 miles west of McMurdo Station. This is the route he flew. We know this because ho locked the aircraft back onto the nav track and smashed it to pieces.

The captain received conflicting information about the final waypoint, and he did not resolve the conflict. .

The penny dropped about four seconds before he died, when he turned left to get out, so I take some comfort in his having gone to his death in the realisation of how reckless he had been.
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