Hi,
Old Carthusian
I do believe that there is an airline specific cultural issue here.
If you challenge the culture of the company .. you must also include the various unions of Air France pilots
They are to represent the pilots .. but not only
They are guard dogs and should intervene when things do not unfold as planned by the rules
More .. there are also official control agencies who must play a role
If Air France has reached the point of having a bad culture .. one can not discount some others players
The Helios accident report:
Latent causes
1. The Operator’s deficiencies in organization, quality management and safety culture, documented diachronically as findings in numerous audits.
2. The Regulatory Authority’s diachronic inadequate execution of its oversight responsibilities to ensure the safety of operations of the airlines under its supervision and its inadequate responses to findings of deficiencies documented in numerous audits.
Contributing Factors to the Accident
3. Ineffectiveness of international aviation authorities to enforce implementation of corrective action plans after relevant audits.
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