Geoffrey Thomas Sinks To New Low
This is pretty typical of training organisations that the airlines outsource to. Most of my knowledge came from pushing the wrong button at the wrong time and either being quickly put in place by a stressed out captain, or by seeing what happens when you're a spectator on a high performance jet. It can get ugly unless you take the right corrective action almost immediately.
While I'm no fan of GT and his self-created credentials, and with my belief he's far from a credible aviation expert and should be labelled as what he is...a journalist, I did feel his comments on Foreign Correspondent were reasonable and not the typical sensationalist speech we've come accustomed to.
I think he deserves a pass this time...
I think he deserves a pass this time...
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Unless I missed something, it was quite a well presented program.
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Maybe as real aviation people we should start a petition to all the news outlets saying he should not be referenced or called an aviation expert. We could highlight his stupid comments and contradictions when defending hos favourite airlines....
For anyone claiming to be an "Expert" or offering their "Expert Opinion" on any given subject always remember this-
An "X" is an unknown quantity and "spurt" is just a drip under pressure!!
An "X" is an unknown quantity and "spurt" is just a drip under pressure!!
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& tell the truth about Qantas's 19 crashes & 65 deaths in those crashes, not hide behind some dodgy movies claims(Rainman).
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& tell the truth about Qantas's 19 crashes & 65 deaths in those crashes, not hide behind some dodgy movies claims(Rainman).
Fair go - wasn't the last fatal crash that Qantas had in the early fifties? And if your figures are correct 65 fatalities is hardly mayhem. If I recall correctly at least one of those early crashes resulted from enemy fire during WW2.
& tell the truth about Qantas's 19 crashes & 65 deaths in those crashes, not hide behind some dodgy movies claims(Rainman).
Fair go - wasn't the last fatal crash that Qantas had in the early fifties? And if your figures are correct 65 fatalities is hardly mayhem. If I recall correctly at least one of those early crashes resulted from enemy fire during WW2.
tell the truth about Qantas's 19 crashes & 65 deaths in those crashes
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