Originally Posted by
Vortex Thing
Chronos - It is not at all premature.
Rather like your relationship with Mrs or Mr Chronos or your cat(delete as required) is based on physical AND Emotional factors.
Every pilot knows that there are numerous factors involved in the chain of events leading up to an accident.
The physical what happened on night, that is speculation right now.
The emotional, how pilots feel, morale, conditions of work, work ethic and why they were even there on a dark and dirty night are likely "more" responsible whatever the outcome of the NTSB/AAIB pure technical & flight factors. The we already know. That is what we're talking about.
It is not premature discussion at all it is highly pertinent. Now thanks to a brave soul in Doha on RT breaking international news and massively relevant. In fact so relevant that I would wonder why anyone would think it not!
Yes, got a mog and a TC ( tank commander ). Both of us, owing to our well past mature stage, are dependant on TC for daily sustenance.
So quite understand human factors. It`s just that am not so much enthusiastic on the subject as it always brings into question so called pilot error. I `d prefer to consider other factors first.
On the matter of corporate culture, others have touched on whistle blowing. Something which has found its way into Western legal systems, but I`d assume not yet found its way in some other corners of the planet.