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Old 5th Apr 2016, 12:24
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Wageslave
 
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Punishment of people who were trying to do the right thing is a halfwitted, myopic, ill-considered course of action taken by stupid, ignorant bullies.

PM
There are times when the half witted, myopic ill considered uber-fluffy "pilots can do no wrong" attitude here really grips.
Or should we wait for the official report to be published before we discount the possibility of a hitherto unknown knurled flange-bracket failure or alien invasion causing these people who "were trying to do the right thing" (we know this for a fact, do we?)
to screw up so uncharacteristically?

Some things are so clear cut and beyond the pale that there is no alternative. Find out why by all means, but do the public deserve to be flown around by people capable of such gross and inexcusable error as landing in the wrong place? Apart from that, what do you imagine Aeromexico's insurers are going to say? Imagine they do the fluffy no blame thing? Imagine again.

I doubt the public would agree that this is a time to let people off with a with counselling or tickling with a fluffy stick PM. There is perhaps sometimes a time and a place for the zero blame culture but this does not seem to be it. There is a world of difference between "shall not" and "should not". This is most definitely the latter, and in spades. This is an airline operation where Professional standards apply, not a council office.

It clearly wasn't an instrument approach so just how the heck can you even begin to justify landing visually at the wrong airport? Clearly you cannot.

ps. You's better go look up the meaning of bully, because I don't think you've quite got it...
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