Silberfuchs,
Thank you for a most informed comment on the case. IMHO, Justice Mahon displayed an extraordinary degree of intelligence (for the legal profession) in identifying not only the cause of the disaster but the attempt by ANZ to "cover-up."
The fact that the homes of both pilots were broken into during preparation of the Royal Commission remains shameful. So far as I am led to believe, Justice Mahon's appeal to the Privy Council was dis-allowed on legal technicalities only.
Is it also true, that the judiciary of the Appeals Court in NZ that ruled against Justice Mahon's findings included members who had vested interested in Air NZ? That is important! (Ruling 5-3??)