Thank you to the Dornier 228 Pilot who Buggered up my flying lesson @ HKNW

[Mariner9]

I would say that far from buggering up your lesson, the Dornier Pilot actually provided a very valuable lesson in that other aircraft don't always do what you would expect in the circuit. So buy that pilot a Tusker baridi (cold beer) if you ever meet him!

[340drvr]

Originally Posted by Mariner9

I would say that far from buggering up your lesson, the Dornier Pilot actually provided a very valuable lesson in that other aircraft don't always do what you would expect in the circuit. So buy that pilot a Tusker baridi (cold beer) if you ever meet him!

+1 Exactly what I was thinking (Well, maybe not the Tusker part...……….) MIs-communication, radio snafu, inadvertent "wrong turns," or blatant disregard, all can happen anywhere.

[double_barrel]

In my non-aviation world there is a concept of the 'radio-assisted collision'. There are plenty of spectacular examples in which protracted discussions over VHF have introduced total confusion and ended in disaster, sometimes because the boat you are actually talking to is not the boat you think you are talking to!

Essentially the message is that you apply the fundamental rules of engagement rather than trying to improvise over the VHF and potentially introducing confusion. I don't know if or how this translates to aviation - but I can imagine it might.

[Crash one]

I would suggest the Dornier pilot was an asshole and the instructor wasn't much better.
Valuable lesson? My ass. The instructor should decide what lessons. Yes radio assisted collisions are possible, and in 3 dimensions unlike on the water.
Buy him a beer? I'd be tempted to smack him in the mouth if I met him!
Airmanship at the lowest level.

[Chris Martyr]

Originally Posted by Sam Rutherford

Seems to me that in the absence of the other side of the story, this is all rather a lot of speculation...?

Precisely that , Sam .