Difficult one this. The Secretariat are only a small team (Director plus 3) and they have to trawl through about 20 Airprox a month. When you write your initial report, it should contain as much information as possible, including human factors and other influences that may have led to the Airprox. Remember the UKAB is not a court of law and it is not an investigatory body. The UK AAIB investigates very serious incidents.
The UKAB's purpose is to, without applying blame, to get to the core facts of the matter, identify and publish the events that led to the situation. The process is supposed to be open and honest and does depend on honest input from those that file reports, those that investigate them and higher authorities that comment on them.
If you feel strongly about the outcome of a report, you have the right to write to the Director with your comments on matters of fact. The aim of the game is to get an accurate and truthful picture of what happened to try and prevent any recurrence.
