Monkey C,
If you read the analysis of any aviation accident, you'll invariably find that the outcome is the result of, not one catistrophic error, but a confluence of errors in a chain, resulting in disaster (or a really uncomfortable fright
). R/T is one of the most important links in the chain. Just last week, we had a serious incident due to communication falure, allied to incorrect information in the flight plan (nothing is infalible). The comments such as have been made are nothing short of scandalous and smack of deserate attempts to paper over some fairly sizeable cracks in a creaking operation. By that, I refer to the management and not the efforts of my colleagues west of REFSO and BLUFA.