DozyWannabe you referred briefly, in passing, to the Trident accident in 1972 and stated that ...
the autocratic tendencies of the flight commander rendered the rest of the crew's input moot...
Given the obvious care and thought you take with your posts, I say, with respect, that I think it would have been fairer if you had made it clear that this particular statement was your opinion, rather than to have stated it as accepted fact.
I suggest that few pilots around at that time would disagree with the statement that the captain
could be autocratic, but there was nothing in the AAIB report to suggest that he had, in your words, ...rendered the crew’s input moot... on this flight.
If you would like to read the AAIB report, it can be found
here
As I believe blind pew is hinting at, I think it would be a much more rigorous investigation these days, with more evidence being unearthed and made available to the enquiry, resulting in a rather different report, but then, that’s just my opinion!
