What really hit me from tonight's Four Corners programme:
The Head of CASA denigrates the pilot for not demonstrating an ability to plan a flight ex Samoa without software. He's clearly angered by this. Its almost as if he's found the smoking gun. Pretty much a 'gotcha' moment from the CASA head.
He seemed argumentative, defensive & abrasive. This guy appears to be a guy who makes his mind up and locks on to a belief when clearly there are contributing factors way beyond simple pilot error.
To say none of the Pel-Air breaches would have contributed to this accident is simply wrong. When CASA identified PA as failing to comply with fatigue management systems, THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.
How does CASA repeatedly fail to find these breaches in time?