Originally Posted by
catch21
I'm struggling to pull any clear lessons out of this apart from the blindingly obvious ones.
It seems that some regions should be taking a good look at themselves and their practices. Apart from that, what the heck??
Being prepared? One thing that has struck me about this from page 1 is that the crew seemed inexplicably and entirely unprepared for the imminent and inevitable fuel exhaustion situation.
Is there anything to be learnt from this?
Yes, there is.
The right attitude and the right mindset can and will make all the difference in the world, esp in our industry.
It doesn't matter how many rules, regulations, safety checks you can come up with. If someone is willing to deliberately ignore and violate them, they are totally useless.