VTR seen recently minnus an engine. Engineers said that the pilot took off with the baggage door open, bags fell out and went through the prop. Believe the aicraft is operated by the very reputable D*&^ct Air. Apparently the client was a very lucrative one on the Tiwi Ilsands that they undercut another company to get. Between you and me, I would be willing to pay a few bucks more to make sure the pilots locks all the doors. All will be fine, with there SBP leading the way, these guys have no trouble telling everyone how good they are
Yet another strong opinion based on a minimum of insight. Yay! Add that one to the tally.
Mate, before you start just plainly slagging off and finger pointing, perhaps you ought to analyse a few facts.
Firstly, if you know anything about PA31s you'll acknowledge that the locking tabs on the nose and wing lockers in particular are notoriously flimsy. So much so that just about any random sharp piece of metal can open one, whether it is an actual key or not.
Secondly, given the above, and the vibration forces that an airframe can experience in any state of motion, what are the odds of a locking tab vibrating itself loose, exposing the lever that it locks? Pretty good I reckon.
Thirdly, what has this to do with any particular SBP??? Do you know the current SBP there? I think you should introduce yourself to him - your views may rapidly change. Luckily the guy is decent enough not to gouge you in the eye for your misinformed comments, even if the last SBP may have been considered worthy of them (just between you and me).
I could rattle on about this, though there is little merit in doing so, since all your motive appears to be is to hang $hit on people rather than highlight any lessons to be learned, as Howard Hughes touches on.
Incidentally, I'm not one of those guys, but I can vouch for how good they are. And I wouldn't mind an explanation as to how paying the extra $$$ can remove the human factor from aviation - that being there will ALWAYS be mistakes made, time and again. You will make them too, one day.
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