Originally Posted by Woodpecker
Surely the job of the AAIB is to establish what happened to cause the situation and 100% of their efforts should be focused on that.
- absolutely, but while we have this 'unexplained' occurrence it is important that crews have an idea of what happened, what was done and the results of such, and this should not be confined to BA crews. If retracting flap gained 28 feet, then tell everyone. Who 'showed' the BBC the report?
Remember also that the appetite of the flightless birds has largely been stimulated by BA's
PR activities - and your and your colleagues' posts.
I personally think you and the other BA posters were wrong to feed titbits yourselves, especially where presumably confidential company information is concerned. To quote JL, "Someone is playing fast and loose inside BA methinks".
Few of the flighted birds here have cause to level any criticism at the crew at this stage. All of them need answers as they come.