Originally Posted by
Pittsextra
DB - helicomparitors posts are very good and no doubt he has a good mind... 60 days he says, it's been over 150 days since it was reported they were distributing drafts..
Just saying.
If you actually read what I said, it was a 60 day wait to get the comments back, and then a further significant period to process and maybe incorporate the comments. And then in reality checking the modified draft with the commenters.
We always want the report out "yesterday" but in practice we should bear in mind a few things:
AAIB have limited resources and this accident is just one of many, many they have to look at. They have to prioritise and a case can easily be made that it is more important to concentrate on a "near miss" accident to an airliner with 100s of passengers in order to prevent a repeat that does turn into an accident, than it is to prioritise this "small fry" accident, despite of course the impact the accident had on those involved.
Secondly it will be a difficult accident to analyse with the absence of FDR/CVR. This leads to "balance of probability" type analysis and that presents lots of scope for challenge by involved parties with arses to protect, some of whom are large government bodies.
Just be patient, it will be out when it is out and nothing you say will change that.