Air Ace,
I've not drawn any conclusions at all in relation to Andrew and Kaths unfortunate demise. You're perfectly correct, leave the investigation and conclusion drawing to the experts.
I'd put forward the notion, that if a patient had been onboard, the noise levels would be one hell of a lot louder from the media, general public and government sectors.
I've flown this type of work before. I can tell you quite confidently that both myself and my workmates aren't overly thrilled flying these museum pieces... period.
There's no need for them to be in the air anymore. The reasons as to why we aren't flying more modern hardware have been covered in other posts.
These aircraft don't cut the mustard climbwise assymetrically. They don't cut the mustard maintenance wise. They are rubbish.
I'm gathering from your posts that there's no good reason for getting these aircraft removed from the industry.
I disagree.. strongly.