Timelord wrote:
Lots of posters seem to have missed the fact that he pleaded guilty to the charge involving camera / seat / side stick and pitch down and will, in due course, be sentenced for that. It was the allegation that he tried to cover up his actions of which he had now been acquitted.
A good summary. Sentencing is expected on Friday.
Linedog, there was no question of being 'caught out' as you put it. The Captain
did not know what caused the event
at the time. When it eventually emerged that his camera must have become jammed between the arm rest and the base of the side stick, he was was utterly devastated.
Voyager training will now no doubt include a warning that nothing must be placed on the sill panels, due to the risk of potential side stick fouling.
wiggy wrote:
Just about anyone who has flown modern FBW for any length of time will have been "surprised" by some subtle feature of the FBW that they have been unprepared for or never been told about.
Or perhaps only told about briefly in a cost-driven TR course? I would hope that the extent and depth of Voyager training is reviewed in the light of this event.