Watching the 7.30 report.
Five people, tragically, have died and tonight, there are calls to close Essendon Airport. And I am positive that there will certainly be calls to revamp the regulations for stricter pilot training.
I wonder how many people have died as a result of car accidents in Victoria? And yet there are no calls for car drivers to be tested every year for their ability to drive in stormy weather. There are no calls for car drivers to be tested every two years for their ability to drive in daylight hours.
I wonder how many people have died as a result of a car accident on the Tullamarine freeway. And yet there are no calls as a result of these accidents to close the freeway.
This is a tragedy, that will affect (at least) five families forever.
When we are going to stop the blame game in aviation? And why do we accept such strict training and re-testing measures in aviation, when we don't apply them across the board to all transport?
And who on earth decided that GT was 'an aviation expert'?