Was the whole operation a total Shyt*e show.... Absolutely.
Should the little weasels in management face criminal sanctions...Yes if there was any justice
But
Nobody held a gun to the heads of the crew. The deliberately chose to put themselves and their passengers in a situation that was illegal and unsafe. This deliberate erosion of safety margins then made them fatally vulnerable to any malfunction, like the mis-rigged engine controls.
Pilots reading the report have a choice. They can say "other people" were responsible not the pilots, or they can use this as a wake up call on the fact that ultimately it is a pilots responsibility to resist the kinds of egregious work place pressures that reduce safety and vow not to make this kind of mistake. Learn from the accidents or be doomed to repeat them.....
Last edited by Big Pistons Forever; 30th Jan 2014 at 03:42.