Another brother with wings has died in the 2nd fatal accident at eros in 3 months, when is someone going to do something about it.
1. If the fault is with maintenance the companies need to be brought to book, or
2. pilot error then the standards need to evaluated and seriously looked at the way the licences are given (eg. exams,practical and theoritical done with DCA) and finally
3. If the ATC's are a contributing factors to these accidents in any way is the training policy and working standards of a poor level.
All these aspects need to be looked at with great urgency, we cannot lose another one of our brothers/sisters in the sky if it can be avoided!!!!
From what i heard through the corridors is that the ATC on duty gave the option of the secondary rwy, anyone who has flown in Eros knows that with full fuel and pax and tempretures climbing easily into the 30's (degrees Celcius) during this time of year. Rwy 09/27 which 1008m long is not enough to get safely airborne without struggling to gain altitude over a populated area.
Any Atc with experience "should" now this!
Have lessons from the previous accident really been learnt, i heard that the ATC that was on duty with the Bonni accident has resigned. I wonder if the proper support was offered to the Controller at the end of the day we are all human with emotions!
How long will it take for the guys high up in government to understand the urgency of the current crisis that is griping the whole of southern africa, how many more people have to loose their lives and controllers to loose faith in their skills before things get done the right way!!!