Originally Posted by
Brian W May
Sad, but it's probably justice had to be seen to be done . . .
Inevitable in my book. He was the captain, he was on his own, he undoubtedly caused the incident. What else could the CM say?
I think, if you check out the FAIR model a few posts up, that is supposed to encourage honesty in return for a just outcome, cost does not feature in the decision making model. I believe he was wrong, as does he by his guilty plea, but this sentence can only lead in future to outright denial of events and the closing of ranks. I think Flight Safety just took a massive step backwards.