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Of games and candles

by | Jan 31, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry

Spare a thought.  Sitting alone in her garden this morning is a brave women beset by doubt, anxiety and anger facing what must be, for a mother, the most difficult of decisions.  Karen Casey physically injured through no fault of her own in the Pel-Air air accident, a...

CASA: Pelair 2008 audit and 2009 special audit

by | Jan 31, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry

Its worth having another look at the March 2008 audit of PelAir. 1. An audit had been planned in October 2007, but this audit was terminated as the majority of pilots did not submit their logbooks. The audit was rescheduled for 12-13 March 2008. Page 3. 2. PelAir hasd...
A twiddle for discussion

A twiddle for discussion

by | Jan 31, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry

When Sherlock Holmes said:-‘It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.’ – He may well have been talking about the brouhaha surrounding MH 370. ...

MH370

by | Jan 29, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry

From what is in the public domain, it appears the only source of information being used to define the search area is the Inmarsat data. The problem with this data is it generates a multitude of possible solutions, resulting in an enormous search area. If the current...
Sunfish on corruption at Aviation House.

Sunfish on corruption at Aviation House.

by | Jan 29, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry

Could anyone be forgiven for thinking that Rex threw $250,000 at the Ministers political party, but not of course the Minister, before the ATSB report was released to make sure that the ATSB and CASA blamed the pilot and not Pel AIr for the incident?Could anyone be...