JP:
Chug. It would be interesting to know what Mrrs Cable Parkinson and Smart think of your dismissal of their efforts. JP
How many g's are there in disingenuous? No matter, the point (as you demand of dervish) is that far from being dismissive of the efforts of the AAIB, I wish that they had been the ones who conducted the Investigation originally. But of course they were not and were constrained to give advice on aspects of the accident as and when required by the Board, who of course were not trained accident investigators. If the AAIB had conducted this Accident Investigation they would have wanted to consider the checkered and troubled history of the HC2 as Released to Service. They would have wanted to know why this aircraft was Grossly Unairworthy along with its sister HC2's. They would have called as a crucial witness the RAF Odiham Test Pilot for evidence of repeated controllability faults in airframe and engines. They would have more fully quizzed the only eye witness called of the sea transit to Mull, and more urgently have sought others. They would in short have carried out a thorough and professional accident investigation. But as the man on the Nationwide ad said, "It doesn't work like that". "Dismissal of their efforts?" Not me sunshine!