MEL tailstrike
Helen,
I think you are overly harsh on Galdian-because he/she does not agree with your viewpoint does not mean he/she is an ar$e.
I have significant 340 experience at EK and elsewhere and the facts raised by Galdian are valid as indeed are yours.
We are given the authority and responsibility as commanders to mitigate errors,we all make them it just depends on how you grade the error and this was a major one.
Career limiting infact-but it could have been far far worse and as any commander will acknowledge we are there to prevent these events in between 90% airways boredom.
Blue skies,IC