Originally Posted by
CONF iture
Based strictly on what they have been given to examine.
But as they were "severely restricted" in their access to the evidences ...
If the AAIB inspectors were unable to give an informed conclusion, they would have said they have doubts "about everything", they would not have written they agree with the general scenario, don't you think?
Originally Posted by
CONF iture
So transparent that the Judge withold data from the proceedings.
What's the relation of that with the problem of "the judicial affected the technical" from Concorde days?
At the risk of repeating myself, I'm interested in aviation safety, not in lawyers fights.
Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
There are no absolutes where safety is concerned, it is always a trade-off against cost/economics.
It's very easy to look back, with hindsight, and say that a runway inspection after the CO DC-10 would have prevented the accident. While that may very well be true, it ignores the reality of how airports and airlines actually operate.
Agreed 100%