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Old 17th Mar 2002, 07:39
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I would appear in a perverse way that the 'blame at all cost' viral culture is alive and well and has infected ATC to judge by another thread and the publicly trailed CM of an ATCO. . .. .It would be nice if out of all this came a degree of humanity in the senior management handling of that most human of errors, namely flying your aircraft into, rather than onto, terra firma, be it with assistance or not. I have never known any member of aircrew who has volunteered to go and fly live crash trials. It is a simple fact that self preservation is a strong instinct.. .. .The Air Force will wither on the aeronautical vine if it continues through examples such as the Chinnok case to create a culture in which those very much at the sharp end are made to feel like it ain't worth the trouble.. .. .Responsibility - yes; high airmanship standards - yes; a cycle of audit to identify problems and improves the skills of the players - yes; but simple blame culture because someone is angry that their budget is roasted, or they have to support the humanly erroneous aircrew - No sir!. .. .This campaign has achieved so much more than just address the acute issue of Mull. Well done.
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