Interim Report
Instigating an aeromedical flight is complex, with an abundance of “Third Party” interest (pressure) often culminating in those on board not being fully integrated with the critical (or non critical) nature of the patient condition, operational logistics and the affects of weather.
Each person on board operates to their individual level of competence without knowing the acute complexities of the flight or what specifically each professional individual will be dealing with. In short, those on board may not have a global view of the situation. There are valid reasons for this.
Flight Tasking, Piloting, Medical and Nursing crew can, and often do work for different organizations and have their Individual Contract Service Delivery requirements and expectations.
With all the different agencies involved how does this affect Flight Tasking and Integrated Training, specifically Crew Resource Management, competency based Emergency and Cabin Safety Training.
With all the conjecture about what the pilot may or may not have done or should have done. At the end of the day the decisions made culminated in the aircraft at the bottom of the sea – all on board lucky to have survived. The weather circumstances at Norfolk Island were not out of character or what can be expected.
The five Investigation Activities, page 6 of the interim report are critical – the answers lie there rather than belting the pilot/crew. The real “Hero” will be the person who can dig through the abundance of chaff to get to the facts and instigate change management.