would anyone care to comment on the sort of corporate safety culture that would permit a 747 to depart Jo'burg for a night flight across Africa to Paris with wx radar(s) inop
Perhaps it's the same sort of corporate culture that permits a B747 to operate from LAX to LHR (and other similar flights) with passengers and with 1 engine inop?
I know, I know, incoming, you just don't understand, the CAA approved it, it's not the same, how dare you.
But it is, isn't it, really? Safety is an absolute, not a matter for graduated risk-taking using "judgement". I've transferred bits of 100+ people from a hot mountain-side into plastic bags after a pilot took a finely-judged risk with a fully-serviceable aircraft, and I don't want to do it again.