Yeah fair enough I can't expect responses to my posed question.
A good balanced reply FL and i respect you for your fair comments. I think we have both put our two penneth in. As ever, I'm sure we'll all learn from this incident however the discussion will continue.
We are a funny bunch us aviators, willing to help each other when we are flying but willing to judge each other when we are not. I'm guilty of both like all of us but of course with the latter point, we don't know the full picture and I can only comment of my experiences. To coin the over used phrase, "hindsight, of course is a wonderful thing".
I think the moral is that this wake up call reinforces the rules that are in place for good reason. We can't prepare for all eventualities of course but we can stay within the rules and keep in mind what the first 'P' stands for in pprune.
Stay safe y'all..
Last edited by Neon Circuits; 27th Jan 2013 at 17:32.