Internal ATSB email to Mr Dolan, cc Mr Sangston, dated 9 February 2010:
Quote:
… When the aircraft ditched, both the flight crew and the operator stopped their Westwind Aeromedical operations. CASA coached and guided the operator very well and they collaborated to develop a much safer process to avoid a repetition of this accident. This has happened, and Pel-Air are now operating again. The same thing hasn’t happed to the flight crew. While they may not have been the ‘Aces of the base’, they were following the relevant procedure provided by both CASA and their operator. …
[Underlining in email]
Oh dear.
To follow on from Creamy’s post, which perhaps highlights the turning point where the ATSB’s investigation all went South, here is (hopefully if I've got it right??) the full and complete email from 'ATSB officer' (ps thanks Creamy) to Beaker and Sanger 
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Now if you combine that full and frank 'ATSB officer' proclamation
with the Chamber Pot review and bagging of certain members of his fellow BK Flight inspectorate, well maybe we should be writing a 'Safety Recommendation' that highlights a 'Critical Safety Issue' in the lack of proper oversight by FF of the Pel-Air operation.
After all as the 'ATSB officer' points out they'd effectively covered all the other systemic operational issues that related to this accident...
