Dozy Wannabe,
This thread has been running for a long time. There have been many publications quoted from, from some very eminent people in the Aviation World, many have not agreed with the findings of Justice Mahon.
I would suggest you start from the beginning of the thread and absorb what has already been scribed.
The enquiry was as to the cause of the accident. All the other errors of omission and commission, of which there were many, would not have made one ioata of difference to the safety of the flight if it had remained above the required altitudes as laid down by the Company and CAA.
To state that it was a sight seeing flight therefor it was acceptable to bend the rules is ridiculous.