Chinook - Still Hitting Back 3 (Merged)

[walter kennedy]

After 14 years there is one thing that most contributing to this thread would surely have to agree on and that is that after all this time there is nothing known publically that would justify the verdict of gross negligence to a “reasonable man” (in the legal sense) let alone to the required standard of absolutely no doubt.
Bearing in mind how soon after the event that verdict was pronounced, one has to wonder what made them so assertive – indecent haste springs to mind.
Further, let us recall how soon after the event it was stated that sabotage was not the cause – and how equally assertive that was.
Now, which came first?
Certainly, as time progressed, the perception of many was that as the pilots were said to have been grossly negligent, which implied “absolutely no doubt whatsoever”, any other cause, including sabotage, was not worth considering – but was it not the case that sabotage had been ruled out long before any fair inquiry could have taken place?
Does this not suggest a political decision? - perhaps to allay public concerns in view of who was on board?
I suggest that this could be a block to the Mull group's efforts to clear the pilots' names – it is necessary to go back to the earliest decision (who made it and why) to unblock the process – I suggest that this predates the BOI.
Surely the Mull group has the right to ask for a formal investigation into the origins of the decision – if the MOD insists it was made by the AVMs and not before, then the chronology of the statements regarding sabotage become important – if these statements predated the BOI and the AVMs' involvement you would know that you were not getting full disclosure and would need to press harder - who was the source? And on what grounds? Until you get to this you are likely to remain frustrated.