Blackhand
I think Plumbum wants to have Sen. Fawcetts baby.
. he does go on and on.
I haven't met the good Senator so it is difficult to tell, but I suspect your experience may be the same as mine in regard to pilots generally.
They are like the Curates egg.
I am of the view with Inquiries of this sort that the less "pilot experience" brought to the process the higher the probability of getting a sound result.
The non "highly experienced pilots" on the commitee don't seem to be having any problem whatsoever coming to grips with the issues or asking the right questions.
It wont be a popular view but they will get there with or without "pilots" or PPRuners even guiding them.
The arrant nonsense that's bruited around here by some, that the level, higher or lower of your "experience" (rated of course by the proponent) makes your view more or less relevant is not supported by our experience. It's quite sad really.
There are 30,000 hr pilots with 30,000 hrs of cumulative learning and experience and those who have accumulated the same amount repeating the same hour 30,000 times and all the stops in between.