megan at #820 appears to be someone who, when faced with aunanswerable point, elects to answer a completely different one
I said:
" There was a briefing a few days prior to the flightwhere the crew were told that the route was well to the side of MountErebus." Not true. The crew were told that the final waypoint was atMcMurdo Station. There can be no dispute about this, because it was recorded ontape.
Megan’s response:
“Nonsense ampan. Chippendale said: “An examination of thisbriefing revealed certain significant items were not included. The procedure for determining the minimumflight level recognised for the Antarctic area and specifically the McMurdocontrol area. The way in which the Air New Zealand route varied from the normalmilitary route, which followed the reporting points depicted on the RNC,particularly on the leg from Cape Hallett south to McMurdo. A comprehensive discussion of the visualphenomenon peculiar to the Antarctic ie the whiteout conditions, which might beanticipated with overcast sky and snow covered terrain below.”
There is an almost complete disconnection between the pointI made and Chippendale’s quote. It’s like countering a flat-earth proponentwith a recipe for pavlova.
There’s no issue about this. The audio was recorded. Therecording was played at the hearing. The waypoint was at McMurdo Station, whichis exactly where you would expect it to be. Further, Mahon’s report acceptedthat fact, because he had no choice.