The great thing is that no one is hurt! The pilot who i have known for many years is highly experienced and the particular mission profile was not 'new' to him. If you ask him, he is more than willing to discuss the event as he recalls it. Unlike some guys that feel the post mortem rhetoric is a direct threat to their otherwise perfect ego!!! Yeah, the machines are old and very underpowerered to whats available on the market today! Irish Lights, Bord Gais and the ESB need a wake up call, especially with respect to reducing where possible all mitigating risk factors that line pilots have to accept under current tenders.!!!
Good on the pilot for walking away after 18 years squeaky clean. Wish I could have had the same record.
