Originally Posted by
David Sutcliffe
The reason the report takes so long to come out is that there is a 2 year Statute of Limitations on claims for accident compensation. This report has been released one month after the 2 year limit. Think about it? The detailed draft was completed around 12 months ago. It is fair to say it has has been heavily worked over to limit liability issues. The final report was released today and is available for download off the ATSB website. It identifies failures identified and discussed in this forum. You need to read the report and not just read the summary as the summary attempts to transfer all blame to the pilots.
I don't think you've read the
Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003. And if the ATSB is delaying the release of investigation reports because of potential liability issues and compensation claims arising from the accident under investigation, it would be worth the ATSB reading the
Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003, again. I think you're confusing correlation for causation, David.
(Of course it's all the pilots' fault. OAR and Air Services have stuck a band aide over the running sore. Job done. Move on, nothing to see here.)