The ATSB has been writing reports this way for what? at least a year, probably longer
Oh how I miss the clarity of writing of Mac Job in his Aviation Safety Digest series of yesteryear. Thank goodness I still have them in my library and read them over again out of the sheer pleasure of his prose.
By the way, has anyone noticed another recent trend in ATSB reports where the author of the report piles on the praise to crews for using good CRM, TEM and other buzz words.
One recent example comes to mind.
Quote: "Safety message
In this case, the crew showed a high level of professionalism in response to a weather related event. The crew demonstrated high levels of communication and coordination, promptly applied checklists and procedures." Unquote.
Yet on the other hand ATSB have a note in their reports saying, among other things, that their policy is not to apportion blame on anyone. So they coyly avoid saying the pilot did a lousy job and should have gone around and instead did a bastard of a landing which blew all the tyres.
