Originally Posted by wk
it would be very nice if BOAC would answer this question fully, clearly, and honestly.
- I'll do my best, but since, like W&D (and everyone else here) I was not there I can only manage .clearly and honestly. to the best of my ability.......................
1) There is no way anyone here knows WHAT was actually SET on the altimeter, merely what was FOUND. The briefest acquaintance with aircraft accidents will show that is not a reliable deduction to draw.
2) It is, in any case, most likely that the difference between QFE lighthouse and QFE LDZ was nil in practical terms. One
could equally surmise that the crew were being ultra-safe and had the most
accurate setting available.
3) I do not know what the SOP for the heli-operation was regarding altimeter settings.
4) Could they have set the latest Macrihanish QFE perchance?
Lastly - it doesn't actually make a scrap of difference, does it? I suppose it is a new toy to trifle with if we have given up breakfast and maps, IMC at waypoint change and the like.