Originally Posted by
blind pew
I must correct you on your statement re autocratic captain..whilst somewhat correct the accident cause lies in an incompetent bullying management, incorrect training and poor maintanence. This was reflected in the press of the time but the inquiry's conclusions were incorrect..partly due to evidence being withheld or manipulated.
Admittedly that's a side of the story I don't know so well (the accident itself was a little over 6 years before I was born), so if you could PM me with some details that'd be grand. I'm not sure about evidence being withheld as such, but I do know that the comparative lack of hard evidence as to why the droops were raised was the primary motivator behind CVRs becoming mandatory on G-registered civil transports with almost immediate effect, which for the UK civil service was very unusual.