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Old 7th Feb 2014, 01:11
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My point about the accident reports is that there is a high incidence of "the deceased was flying without the right paperwork" so how many others are doing the same but we don't hear about it until they are dead?
I don't know, but I suspect most of them eventually die of natural causes/old age.
I don't accept the validity of the link you seek to make.


That's no reason not to flog someone for letting the side down.
IMHO it's essential to keep a sense of proportion.
Failings which emerge during the course of a fatal accident investigation should not be dealt with more harshly simply because there was a fatal accident.
If a failing is proved to have caused an accident, or proved to have contributed to it, different considerations apply. (NB. Proved. Not speculation that a failure to enforce or comply with rules/regs might have contributed in some indirect way to the accident.)

Much has clearly been learned from the investigation into this tragedy, and there are some findings of systemic failings. I don't share your desire to to try to find people to punish. (Or scapegoats.)


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