Rainboe,
Then that would make Boeing liable? Laurel and Hardy were flying that approach. In an almost perfectly seviceable aeroplane. It will be interesting to see how the blame is apportioned. The lawyers must be salivating already.
Ask any sim instructor how many times he’s seen a crew distracted so that the aircraft’s flight path is not being properly monitored. I think you will find that it happens frequently when workload is high or something out of the ordinary is happening. The only difference with the Turkish flight was that they had one problem too many on that fateful day. There’s a saying in aviation that it’s not the Crocodiles that eat you, it’s the ducks that peck you to death. Terms like “Laurel and Hardy” and “idiots” are grossly unfair and offensive especially as we don’t know the whole story yet. They’re usually used by people who think they’re a bit better than the rest of us. If you had some humility you might realise that an accident like this could happen to any of us.
Last edited by CHfour; 7th Mar 2009 at 22:44.