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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Mar 2019, 00:42
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

Interesting what you chose to highlight from the...

Interesting what you chose to highlight from the article Mike.

I go with this...



MM is a total legal eagle monster.

All involved with this tragedy can look forward to their arses being...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Mar 2019, 22:48
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

Actually this is not quite true. In several...

Actually this is not quite true. In several industries the rules regarding "compliance" have been progressively developed to promote transparency and consumer rights (financial conduct since circa...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Mar 2019, 11:21
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

Within the current legislation and as it is laid...

Within the current legislation and as it is laid down, I concur. And that will be a very inconvenient truth for a great many involved parties, so don't expect them to necessarily take this line...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Feb 2019, 06:16
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

From someone who works in compliance (including...

From someone who works in compliance (including legal contract compliance) and the software/finance industry, its pretty hard to think this discussion about logbooks and license validation is taking...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Feb 2019, 20:32
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

spot on...excellent post.

spot on...excellent post.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
9th Feb 2019, 08:58
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

I don't. There are some outstanding...

I don't.

There are some outstanding contributions on this thread, from posters who, like me, wish to see the biggest, brightest spotlight possible turned full on into the murky opaque world of GA...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
4th Feb 2019, 15:01
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

^^ I am 100% confident that the official...

^^

I am 100% confident that the official response to this loss would have entirely consistent with any previous "lost at sea" incident, given similar circumstances. Obviously search assets...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Jan 2019, 04:35
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

Not going to post on this particular subject...

Not going to post on this particular subject again, because it is irrelevant to any aspect of flight safety which is the only reason a lot of us will be posting here in the first place. R30, if you...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Jan 2019, 21:54
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

Every company has a duty of care to its...

Every company has a duty of care to its employees, rarely would that extend to oversight of an employees travel arrangements during off duty hours. I think it is way too early to seek to apportion...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
26th Jan 2019, 07:35
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

Watching, nothing more to contribute at the...

Watching, nothing more to contribute at the moment, but wanted to plus one this very succinct and accurate quote, which imho opinion goes well beyond this incident.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 17:12
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

No, absolutely not. The vast majority of...

No, absolutely not. The vast majority of professional aviators I have worked with over the years (measured in hundreds) would have stopped a shambles like this before it started. That said, I worked...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 09:05
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

Insurance is important because the act of getting...

Insurance is important because the act of getting correctly insured is a major step in the validation or otherwise of any given commercial activity (like commercial aviation). Insurers do not...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Jan 2019, 06:04
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

And effectively uninsured . I believe his estate...

And effectively uninsured . I believe his estate was was sued and his family lost their home.

...he (Damon Hill) and his mother and two sisters were to discover that, because important documents...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2019, 16:04
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

That would be me (yes, I have taught sea survival...

That would be me (yes, I have taught sea survival and sold life insurance, and plenty of other stuff too).

since I have no wish to propagate erroneous information, let me quickly clarify...then...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2019, 11:33
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

I've bumped this...probably my most valuable...

I've bumped this...probably my most valuable contribution to pprune, if anybody is interested

https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/586666-ditching-sea-survival.html

Old Fat Crab...made I...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2019, 11:05
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

As an ex RAF sea survival instructor (at Sqn...

As an ex RAF sea survival instructor (at Sqn level) I have posted on this subject several times in the past.

The only real precaution you can take is to have two engines. If the single fan stops...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2019, 06:46
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,907,167
Posted By The Old Fat One

One hopes it is no way relevant to this thread,...

One hopes it is no way relevant to this thread, I'm merely correcting a falsehood having worked in the life insurance industry, the quoted statement is completely wrong.

What follows is valid in...
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