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Old 1st Jul 2002, 14:03
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Feeton Terrafirma
 
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A different perspective........

Hmmmmmmmm some interesting perspectives here but............

(bear in mind I'm a PAX, not a pilot here, no I have no allegiance to any specific airline)

I would be thinking along the lines off...... if this pilot is so experienced, and he made a smallish mistake (no worse than running an amber light as I understand it, after all he kept the A/C on the hardtop, no injuries, no damage) then lets be thankful the HE WAS in the hot seat. If another pilot with lesser experience had been there what would have occurred then? Would we be stepping out onto the 9th hole or worse?

I think some of the posters on PPRuNe are a bit ready to jump to the conclusion, or is it an assumption, that they would have made a different series of decisions and achieved a better outcome, when in fact without being there at the time you DO NOT KNOW.

Something to think about eh?

As someone else commented, I think Oz has some damn fine airlines with excellent safety records.
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