I would still prefer to hear the actual recording from the CVR (and from flight services), rather than relying on the ATSB’s paraphrasing.
Lead balloon, do you think that there is a possibility that ATSB has misunderstood or misconstrued the different recordings?
I am now re-reading the ATSB report, and imagining myself in Dom's position during the varous stages of flight. I cannot for the life of me(and it would have been my life) understand his refusal to take full fuel from Apia - does anyone have a reason why he might have believed 7200lbs was sufficient for the flight?