Originally Posted by
sabenaboy
I really don't care if lives could have been saved by declaring mayday 3 minutes earlier or if the plane was still able to make it to the airport when it became a glider. (Or if he would have made it if the other planes weren't there)
What we should be really interested in is how it became possible that this captain thought he could get away with what he did (including all contributing factors leading to that state of mind)
That's exactly my point... I do care if it the aircraft could have been saved by declaring a mayday 3 minutes earlier as we can use that knowledge to improve training. Same for the gliding - if the aircraft could have made it, then should we training more for such eventualities in the sim?