AAIB Tour
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AAIB Tour
Evening all,
Back in May 2011, I e-mailed the Air Accidents Investigation Branch to try and arrange a tour of their Farnborough facilities after discovering that such tours seemed to exist, but the response I received was along the lines of "due to limited resources, we can only accommodate tours from organisations with direct links to our accident investigation operations".
In June 2012, I tried my luck again but got the same response.
A quick Google search shows that tours are still being held and the people organising them do not appear to have a professional connection with the AAIB per se.
Has anyone recently done one of their tours and if so how did you arrange it, I think it would be beyond fascinating, if somewhat poignant.
Back in May 2011, I e-mailed the Air Accidents Investigation Branch to try and arrange a tour of their Farnborough facilities after discovering that such tours seemed to exist, but the response I received was along the lines of "due to limited resources, we can only accommodate tours from organisations with direct links to our accident investigation operations".
In June 2012, I tried my luck again but got the same response.
A quick Google search shows that tours are still being held and the people organising them do not appear to have a professional connection with the AAIB per se.
Has anyone recently done one of their tours and if so how did you arrange it, I think it would be beyond fascinating, if somewhat poignant.
I visited AAIB some years ago. However, this was organised by our SATCO at Jersey for ATC staff; we had recently had a fatal accident at the airport.
I've not heard of any non professional groups being admitted.
You're correct. It is a fascinating experience !
I've not heard of any non professional groups being admitted.
You're correct. It is a fascinating experience !
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A quick Google search shows that tours are still being held and the people organising them do not appear to have a professional connection with the AAIB per se
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Actually no I haven't, that would be the obvious thing to do wouldn't it, I'll make a point of doing that.
Failing that, I think I'll give them a ring instead of e-mailing.
Failing that, I think I'll give them a ring instead of e-mailing.
