LAMEs Guilty of Manslaughter
Timely Reminder about the SUPERVISION OF MAINTENANCE
A simple mistake by an unsupervised AME leads to a man's unfortunate death.
Subject: Manslaughter verdict for chopper crash...NZ Lames failed to ensure maintenance work to a chopper was properly supervised.
Sympathy for guilty aircraft engineers
Mar 14, 2008 8:03 AM
There's sympathy from some in the helicopter industry for two men convicted for the manslaughter of a pilot who died in a helicopter crash.
A Nelson jury has found John Horrell and Ronald Potts failed to ensure maintenance work to a chopper was properly supervised, resulting in a crash which killed Philip Heney in 2005.
A senior member of the helicopter industry, who does not want to be named, says the men's mistake is a wake up call for the whole industry.
He says its common practice for unlicensed engineers to out-number licensed engineers in a hangar. That's because the standards for becoming fully qualified are so high.
He says while he feels sorry for the convicted men, he also has sympathy for Philip Heney's family who have lost a loved one.
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