Quote..."New Zealand 901 plainly asked for, and was approved for a descent that was completely in accordance with their briefing authorisation."
..and that makes the Capt responsible for any and all decisions made as to whether or not to decend into the known and/or percievced conditions....
Ive read the papers and the book....and now that this issue has reared its ugly head, again,Ive taken the time to go back over both..,,looking at exerts being posted here.....talk about scalpel posts....and the torment in several posts.....
I would hope that in the end,this tradgedy has evolved our thinking about Air accidents,and there have been many of this nature and magnitude.....and that present day thinking would move us forward....
there is nothing worse that having to listen to monday morning half-back,20/20,hindsight debate ,for the sake of argueing ones point......because in the end,we all look for(hopefully) a common goal....no matter what one,s view, concerning the outcome of this inquiry.....have we learned anything?,.......
they want video recorders in our cockpits,they have just about everything else....would they have solved this issue??...