I do not just give my opinion on "hearsay". I am only making a comment on this thread. My future career and the aviation industry will depend on my comments regarding (alledged) incidents such as this. What some of the more blunter replies show to me that there is a certain protection of colleagues. It is not the protection of fellow workmates which is the problem, it is the necessisity to ensure safe aviation practice worldwide. Fortunate or unfortunate my expertise (or lack of, as some of you believe) will be in the Human Factors side. I have flown for 13 years now and studied Aviation for 10 years. I am enthusiastic about the industry and want to contribute more. Human Factors is the side I am mainly interested in. If you want to continue slagging me off then that is up to you, you can't beat professional equality and respect.
Rgds