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"Fair enough today - but the skip didn't have 30 years to think about it."
Given that these people were very well qualified airline pilots flying international routes, how long would they need to think about it. They were well aware they were operating in a new, very challenging environment, of which they had no experience whatsoever, which puts them back to the basics, you dont go down a sucker hole. especially when the actual weather at your destination is below minimums for the approved descent procedure.
How difficult is that to accept???
Who said what and where, and who pinched what allegedly months later has absolutely nothing to do with what caused the accident.
Why is a captain a captain? the buck has to stop somewhere, if as Mahon claims, the aircraft was programmed to fly into Mt Erebus, and the crew in the sharp end could not prevent this, then why bother having them there???
Last edited by prospector; 21st Feb 2008 at 05:51.