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It is the arrogance of AirNZ - framer discusses culture - that I alluded to. The company was completely out of its depth flying to Antarctica and equally out of its depth testing Airbus flight envelope protection.
But my point was this: You express anger that the company tried to wriggle out of accepting (some) responsibility for Erebus, but did you complain that the very same ignorance, incompetence and self-indulgence led to Perpignan, but the German pilots copped the blame - foreigners you didn't know?
The problem is this, Captain. You didn't merely remember the dead, you covertly praised Mahon and scorned Chippindale, and that was unwarranted and provocative. As prospector intimated, some of us value truth - as we see it - above all else. Depressing, really!
You may well feel AirNZ let Jim Collins down, but remember Captain Collins let AirNZ down too. Not only did he break the rules written to safeguard his passengers, he showed poor airmanship - on the day.
We are all deeply flawed. We all need luck and we all need forgiveness.