Originally Posted by
clunckdriver
I recently spent some time in a crew room unable to go anywhere due to freezing rain, there were also four other pilots "claged in" having a conversation regarding this whole fiasco, what I found interesting was the sentiments expressed by these folks, one was obviously a Brit, one Canadian and two Americans if the accents were any guide. The general consensus was that British institutions can no longer be trusted as what were once respected ethical professional organisations are now in the hands of imposters along for a free ride, so it would seem to me that the effects of such dishonesty are wide ranging, this seems like another good reason for the offenders to come clean. From my own point of view I think the senior officers who went along with this mess should be kicked out of the military, in the mean time lets all try to have a great 2017!
That's a rather sweeping generalisation of the TCT "fiasco" as you term it. However, hopefully and presumably "the Brit" stood up for the integrity of his own service and country, as well as that of the "British institutions"? If he didn't he should be ashamed of being one of Her Majesty's representatives abroad. If they were referring to HCAP, The Air League and the Royal Aeronautical Society "he" might have pointed out that their awards were given out for a flight which was not flown solo, and which was advertised from the outset to be a flight with someone in the other cockpit. These institutions also recognised in their awards, a great deal of outreach work and the encouragement of females into aviation. The fact that the media got it wrong and assumed that it was a solo flight, and the fact that TCT was slow in correcting those reports ( I refer only to the Australia flight for which the awards were made) cannot be used to criticise the integrity of those organisations listed. Then that's crew room banter and rumour for you.......!