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Old 13th October 2007 | 07:07
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lederhosen
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Answering Mike Jenvey's reasonable questions with another question hardly moves the debate forward.

The similarities at least in terms of potential ground contact, due to overestimating the capabilities of your aircraft remind me strongly of the tragic A320 crash at Habsheim. Senior pilots wanting to give an impressive airshow display, they almost went out with the kind of bang they were not intending! Fortunately they got away with it.

Fair enough to defend your colleagues or maybe even yourself, I personally am concerned by what the replies from apparent TAP insiders suggest about company culture and attitudes towards safety.

It can be difficult to spot the difference between sixteen year old spotters and real pilots. But whoever is posting some of this macho stuff is doing TAP no favours.
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