Not wanting to say too much on this particular incident as I haven't really been following closely it but recently we (as in some of our flt crew) where chatting about flashing PAL when about to launch as it's sometimes easy to get distracted with checking it prior to line up especially SP Ops in our line of business but also added at the time was someone mentioned the Skipper of this said alleged incident (ref was made about this case in question) was early 60's?? at the time meaning he'd be retired now one way or another.
Not a pleasant blight (if that's what it ended up as) on ones flying career. It's obviously a mistake that such an event occurred so dog like chasing & punishment where the story is bigger than Ben Hur achieves what at the end of the day in this case?
Lets all hope that this can be put to rest sooner than latter as the amount of money spent on this one case so far could no doubt pay for a hell of a lot more safety all round!
Wmk2