Originally Posted by RENURPP
Don't start this RAAF are the best and brightest non sense.
707 in the drink off east coast for starters, might be a while ago, but it was a first and hasn't happened in civil aviation since.
What a stupid, stupid argument.
The Captain of the RAAF B707 which crashed was a former instructor of mine. The other two pilots killed were colleagues of mine who both had substantial experience levels. One was a RAAF Flying Instructor. The other already had a command. And I've read the
whole accident report.
That is the most spectucularly dumb comparison between an accident which had a very experienced crew on board and had a number of complex contributing causes, and what might happen with a very inexperienced crew.
Originally Posted by TheOrangeStar
Comparing flying an Airbus in the cruise to flying a Caribou in PNG at Efogi Airstrip is almost as spectacularly dumb as the previous argument. Yes, I flew Caribous in my RAAF days.
You guys really have form.