Originally Posted by
SadPole
Except for a tiny little problem that this guy is far more qualified to express opinions on what went wrong than any member of that so called "commission", because:
1. He was the commander of the 36th Special Air Regiment for many years, longer than anybody else.
2. He used to train everybody there before things went… "south?"
3. He flew the Tu-154 with VIPs longer than anybody else in Poland
4. He knows all the Russian procedures better than anybody else flying VIPs.
Yet, being such an expert he resorts to stating 'facts' using words like:
- well, that's what people say...
- yeah, well probably Szczyglo said no Russians will sit on this plane
...etc
It won't hurt you to read this thing. Among other things, he states he never even allowed anybody (main passenger included) to decide where to land. He had a flight plan with alternates, and if necessary he would decide to go to alternate of his choosing, upon which he would tell the stewardess to inform the "main passenger".
How is this relevant at all? He didn't involve the passenger, the others did - I don't see how this applies at the accident we are discussing...
I don’t think he would raise the issue if it wasn't for the latest Kaczynski "President not cargo, can decide where to land" revelations. The core of the issue is IDIOTS getting rid of competent people and micro-managing and meddling with things they have no clue about. I see it every day in Poland.
And you still try to sell the cr*p about the 'can decide to land' headline, which in fact was saying 'can decide where to divert' - which is quite substantially different - only that it doesn't match your theory about idiots on the plane...
Meanwhile, there is a little struggle at the "Polish commission" which wants to kick out Edmund Klich for not being… assertive enough with the Russians. Meaning, they actually are trying to keep all their BS alive – and this is what forces the people in the know to finally start talking. They don't want us to be any more embarrassed.
Certainly a pilot of the squadron who quit in 1999 is 'in the know' - damn right looking at this interview!
Thought you were out for good, but I see you are still hovering around chiming in from time to time with irrelevant misinformation