Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
I made it very clear on the Sunday interview that I believed the pilot made serious errors of judgement.
And that is the root cause of this incident.
Rather than trying to transfer the blame to the RAAF, fix the problem at the source.
Maybe start with
1) Psychometric tests to week out "fly by the pants" cowboys who refuse to follow rules and believe they are so important they won't wait to have aircraft faults to be fixed or wait a couple of minutes to get a required clearance
2) More regulation so aircraft with faulty instruments are not allowed to take off in the first place, other than in an emergency, and getting home to the wife for dinner doesn't count Dick.