Originally Posted by
janeczku
Well put, WillowRun. The governing legal framework (and mentality no less) is in many aspects at odds with ICAO principles, e.g. with regard to the authority of the technical investigative body over the evidence. (...)
Undoubtedly the BEA's job has not gotten any easier, now that the executive branch has already shared their determination of the cause of accident with a world audience.
Yes WillowRun and Janeczku, that was well written. I just read an article in Vanity Fair by William Langewiesche, a pilot, who said much the same thing. He called the the jump to conclusion "inexplicable." I'm just a curious onlooker, so I'm pleasantly surprised to get this much information so early, but ... why? It occurs to me that if the German co-pilot is at fault, it's not the AirBus. Some people might want to get that message out as soon as possible.