Originally Posted by
Crash one
Beat me to it.
Straws and clutching springs to mind.
Not at all!
Just pointing out the importance of getting the facts right!
PPrune is a rumour network, but if something not strictly true, or a distortion of facts is published often enough, it quickly becomes fact. Fact!!
If the aim was to discredit her that's been done. I ask again what is the end game?
Originally Posted by
airpolice
It's a shame that you refuse to recognise anything negative about how she has played this game.
That is NOT true!
I recognise that the handling of the media (who always get it wrong) was poor, and that she failed to correct things when the word "solo" appeared. It was not a solo flight and she has expressed her regrets that people were misled.
Originally Posted by
clareprop
AJ was a First Officer in the ATA at a time when it was under the administrative control of RAF Maintenance Command. I think therefore, you'll find most people would suggest that the little part you decided to pick out from a wider piece about an amazing woman is better described as 'not quite correct'.
However, this
is an example of 'Not true':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZD6IsGmGgw
NO! She was not an RAF pilot. That is quite correct!