An insignificant Penny drops; with a loud clang.
I note. with some interest that some of the 'experienced' thinking pilots are taking a long hard look at the 'Beaver' fatal event. Despite the claims of some of a 'job well done' by ATSB, it is becoming apparent that it was not.
It is so very easy and so very, very wrong to grab the first easy; or, even the second 'most likely' cause; draft a report supporting that (those) supposition(s) and toddle off to the pub. However; once there is enough 'fluff' stuck on top of the icing – and the word 'bull-pooh' is creeping about the periphery of the ATSB 'investigation' perhaps its time to revisit the 'investigation'.
Starting with the time taken to produce a very shallow analysis; with gross error in 'procedure' which essentially provides one allegation – 'pilot error'. Well; that ain't good enough; then to belatedly 'discover' a slightly elevated CO level and blame that all on a few small holes in a fire wall; then to 'realise' that there was 27 minutes of 'taxi' prior to take off and then admit that CO test was not initially brought into the equation; then have the arrogant audacity to claim the rubbish produced as a 'final' report: it beggars the imagination.
“Is it credible?” asks Wingnuts. No good Sir it is not. It should be enough to demand Hood's resignation for producing not only this load of gobbledegook; but those which precede it – Essendon for one at the top of a long, long list. Fantasy and innuendo may pass as fact in his world; we deal in the world of hard fact, criminal liability and trying to prevent an event, particularly a fatal one, ever happening again. ATSB is fast arriving at the point of becoming irrelevant. No where near good enough is it, particularly at the cost of providing a report a junior, wet behind the ears, fresh out of a sausage factory, wannabee pilot could draft over a KFC meal and a beer.
Disgusting;;; ? You bet.
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I note. with some interest that some of the 'experienced' thinking pilots are taking a long hard look at the 'Beaver' fatal event. Despite the claims of some of a 'job well done' by ATSB, it is becoming apparent that it was not.
It is so very easy and so very, very wrong to grab the first easy; or, even the second 'most likely' cause; draft a report supporting that (those) supposition(s) and toddle off to the pub. However; once there is enough 'fluff' stuck on top of the icing – and the word 'bull-pooh' is creeping about the periphery of the ATSB 'investigation' perhaps its time to revisit the 'investigation'.
Starting with the time taken to produce a very shallow analysis; with gross error in 'procedure' which essentially provides one allegation – 'pilot error'. Well; that ain't good enough; then to belatedly 'discover' a slightly elevated CO level and blame that all on a few small holes in a fire wall; then to 'realise' that there was 27 minutes of 'taxi' prior to take off and then admit that CO test was not initially brought into the equation; then have the arrogant audacity to claim the rubbish produced as a 'final' report: it beggars the imagination.
“Is it credible?” asks Wingnuts. No good Sir it is not. It should be enough to demand Hood's resignation for producing not only this load of gobbledegook; but those which precede it – Essendon for one at the top of a long, long list. Fantasy and innuendo may pass as fact in his world; we deal in the world of hard fact, criminal liability and trying to prevent an event, particularly a fatal one, ever happening again. ATSB is fast arriving at the point of becoming irrelevant. No where near good enough is it, particularly at the cost of providing a report a junior, wet behind the ears, fresh out of a sausage factory, wannabee pilot could draft over a KFC meal and a beer.
Disgusting;;; ? You bet.