OMB don’tget me wrong I’m not having a pop at you, the term “lady luck” was merely paraphrase.
I hear you re: gut feel but standalone that risks you becoming an EC test pilot and the pax ballast.
Totallyagree could have happened to anyone (operator wise) and the criticism is squarely aimed at EC. Since May (whichis six months ago btw) tell me how you see the actions that have been taken?
As I callit there has been a punt on part/serial numbers and a (in my view) overreliance on monitoring alarms, which is not and has not been a reliable indicator in predicting failure in Eurocopter products.
In fact itgets worse because now we’ve had a failure in the emergency system such that EASA requires a review of its design.
The comments are not unprofessional nor a witch hunt, but frankly its amateur hour at EC.
Edit: font all gone wrong!!
Last edited by Pittsextra; 14th Nov 2012 at 11:07.