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I'm intrigued by your story of visiting David Beaty, particularly as I was an avid reader of his books. One especially, 'The wind off the sea' I recall reading before I joined the RAF in '65.
It is quite some time since I read 'The Naked Pilot' but I'm sure he made a suggestion that a reason for Qantas' excellent safety record was the fact that by nature Aussies are not pushovers or sycophants and their FOs and Flt Engs' would question and take captains to task. However my Cathay mates ( all Brits), who flew with lots of Aussies, assured me that this was not so!
I was always interested in his writings on the 'psychology' of aircrew etc and always hoped we would introduce CRM type training in CAA ATC - it was sorely needed as there were a lot of right barstewards around who could easily destroy a trainee's confidence.