John H presented his OPINIONS based on interim reports and his previous experience. But many of the things he said were still conjecture. The stuff about the supermarket trolley behaviour of the left bogey is what lack of a spacer COULD do, not necessarily what happened. A Concorde engineer acquaintance of mine told me that Mike H's scenario is unlikely. And if you look at the tyremarks on the runway (photos are in the report on the web), there's no evidence of shimmy.
I'm with John Farley on this one (see other Concorde thread). Crucifying the French crew is no way to go, and almost certainly unjustifiable. Put yourself in the seat and imagine what it would have been like. It's in that area that I particularly part company with John H's general drift.
I think the French verdict was right. John H is in love with the aeroplane, and that (plus his passion for doing things right as he sees it) overrides everything else for him. He knows what verdict he'd like to see.
We know that the tyre explosion started it all, and now that we know a lot more about the sequence of events which followed it's tempting to believe we know it all.
Sure, I have a lot of questions I would like to see answered yet, but none of the scenarios that I can see as possible would make me criticise Marty and his crew. This time I'm waiting for the full report before I make up my mind.
And do we think that the new AD, when carried out, will make Concorde safe?
At the moment I believe it will, but I am prepared to have that view challenged.