but it is just downright wrong to throw stones
Nobody here is throwing stones.
In this instance I firmly believe that he would of made the correct ones. Doing everything he could, with what he was given.
How do you know?
We do know he was in control of the situation upto the landing.
He was in control of the situation until he realised he wasn't going to make Bankstown. After that, he was reacting to changing circumstances.
Personal attacks and questions of integrity of this fine young aviator however shouldn't come into question.
There are no personal attacks here. There are no questions regarding his integrity here either. If you think that, you have utterly mis-read most of the thread.
I'm sure he was a great guy and respected and well trained and conscientious, and quite probably the sort of guy I would have employed when I was doing that stuff for airlines. None of that is in question.
The ONLY question that I have in all this, is why, from 7000 feet more or less over Richmond, he ended up where he did.
The refusal of some folk to recognise that as a valid question is quite depressing.