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Old 6th Oct 2008, 07:41
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FORUM WARNNG! This post implies no judgement/implication/hint/rumour on the cause of this accident.

100% with Ranamin. However, and not wishing to be 'trite', all these 'devices' - TOWS, EGPWS etc are 'backstops', and surely the important lesson is to get it right in the first place. If you need flaps/slats xxx for departure - make sure you have them. If there is high ground (or even just 'ground') around, make sure you know where it is and you are etc etc. It does not matter how you do it, and if your company does not try to ensure there is such thinking in place, develop it yourself. SOPS are not the answer to avoiding accidents, merely part of the building blocks. Sitting in front of these SOPs are pilots with brains and hopefully some sort of survival instinct.
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