Erebus 25 years on

[prospector]

Gary Parata,

Your web site will no doubt be quoting from Bob Thomson's "History of New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme 1965-88."

"Nor did Air New Zealand take advantage of the experience gained by members of their aircrews who flew on earlier flights. Apparently the NZALPA saw the Antarctic flights as a "special perk" for their members and had an agreement with Air New Zealand that flight crews should be spread widely amongst its members.

Therefore aircrews, including aircraft captains, usually had not had any previous experience on these flights, an experience which would have avoided the Erebus Disaster from ever happening."

And also,
" Air New Zealand and NZALPA went to some lengths to ensure that their Senior Pilots and members were seen as professionals , who knew it all and did not therefore need to seek advice from elsewhere, such as the RNZAF,USAF,USN or the Division".

The level of Antarctic flight experience on TE901 flight deck would certainly agree with those statements.

Desert Dingo,
In my opinion, the chain of events was precipitated by just those facts, and they cannot be overturned by all the legal twists and turns that legal people spend years learning to master.