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Old 14th Sep 2012, 10:57
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Lookleft
 
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Unbelievable-the PIC and the F/O have no responsibility because the company manuals were followed and only enough fuel was put on to comply with them! sometimes as PIC you do more than the minimum because the minimum is not good enough. Once they got to Norfolk the decisions made had nothing to do with company manuals or corporate culture. Persisting with approaches and burning fuel when you know it's below the minima is just dumb! If you are going to burn fuel to conduct an approach then why not use the radar alt to get closer to becoming visual but still have a margin from the ground. Being PIC is more than following the magenta line. Not declaring a Mayday was negligent. Not telling the Unicom operated that you were ditching to the west of the island was negligent. Being first out of the aircraft was poor leadership. Leaving your F/O unconscious was poor leadership and negligent. The fact that no-one was killed was more due to good luck than good management. Let the Senate investigate the ATSB report but let's not pretend that the crew of this aircraft were passive victims in some huge conspiracy.
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