And, it's all their own work.
Kids, the thing with trolls is as long as you keep feeding them, they'll keep eating. The troll team (tt) is having a feast which will become a banquet if someone gets banned or the thread shutdown. The insignificant efforts made to discredit and decry are too little, too late and bring tt no credit. Good to see the clumsy, transparent, craven tactics failed to get a proper bite. It's a measure of true desperation that there is even a need to engage with Ziggy. The abortive attempt to use her plight, or manipulate her words as a tool is contemptible.
The damage done to CASA and by extension the ATSB was not because of anything the IOS did, noted or commented on through Pprune. No, that was a work all of their own making. The Senate inquiry revealed that CASA and ATSB had much to be ashamed of in the management of the Pel Air accident, this prompted the Truss sponsored Forsyth report; all of which lead us to the Senate supported MoP.
Remember, there is no public statement from the FO available to discuss; the matter was not publicly discussed by the Senate inquiry. It would be both unwise and unfair to comment on hearsay, either for or against the FO, so don't be tempted to join in. The deafening silence on the matter speaks volumes to those who know how to track wabbits; that lesson will keep for another day. From an operational safety perspective, there's no doubt it would have been good to have an impartial appraisal of the crew actions, certainly there are valuable lessons to be learnt from the situation which should be passed on to the wider community. Particularly as a ditching event is relatively rare, even rarer for there to be surviving crew. A great learning opportunity squandered, even if it was a complete shambles, the lessons should be there for the benefit of future crews.
For example, the 'drama' with the last line of defence life jackets (vests), lanyards, inflation tubes, the problems trying to use them, lights and whistles. This alone correctly analysed would (IMO) have provided valuable insight to operators relying on the equipment to protect passengers and crew in any future ditching (gods forbid). An impartial analysis of the fatigue levels would also be handy as would so many other items excluded by the CASA inspired, Wodger managed, ATSB produced aberration. I am not certain which is the greater tragedy; the passengers struggling to live normal lives or industry struggling to get some positive benefit from the event.
It is noteworthy that none of this was mentioned to the RAeS crowd, instead we had a bland 'borrowed' plaintive little effort; designed to flatter a discrepancy in the small audience. It's a great shame that these safety enhancing analysis are not available for discussion. I expect the bonhomie afterwards meant more than the quality of work proffered, such is life on the slippery pole.
However, back on topic the plus side, perhaps (maybe) is the 'flight category' impasse may now be sorted out. The CASA NPRM 1304 is a very good discussion (top marks), and some of the 2004 responses, supporting the CASA proposal present very attractive alternates to the existing system; have a read.
Selah.