Good job Mr. Jafatty has plenty of £££'s in the bank....
I don't normally subscribe to the "Where there's blame there's a claim" routine, but in this case, where his actions directly resulted in the pilot not flying since the incident, ( whether through fear of repetition, loss of confidence, or whatever, and whatever people may think about the strength of Dr. Blockland's character ) then maybe the pilot's legal team should make application to relieve the w****r of some of his dosh ( he won't need { much of } it inside anyway), to help pay for licence renewal, and some Compo for the mental anguish/any loss of earnings etc.
As for the question of whether the pilot should have attempted take off or not, individual character will of course play a major part - not everyone is as big and brave as Chopjock, who would have stayed on the ground with passengers screaming for him to take off -
Assuming a successful shutdown without decapitation -
what then ? -
This is him when he's NOT raging mad :
.... Would he be interested in a reasoned debate over the dangers of approaching a departing aircraft, compared with the huge inconvenience of having to clean a bit of dust off a beat up old Landrover? -
Chopjock - do you really fancy taking him on
