Brass tacks.
It’s true, there was a honour debt to be paid having lost a bet. Suitably lubricated and slightly alemazed, the ATR report became the topic of the evening. Difficult to stay serious and focussed under those conditions, but we did manage to plough through the whole sorry thing. One cannot trust notions formed in P7’s study, pint in one paw ATSB in the other, not safe; so as penance I have diligently revisited (as they say) this dreadful report.
There are on screen four pages of notes – which I intended to par down to questions for which I would like answers; questions which were not answered in the ATSB report. Then I thought WTF – they’ll never be answered, so why bother. This ATSB report reminds me of the sort of thing a clever lawyer would do, when they wanted a thing that “may be relied on” brought in as evidence, but do not want the opposition to realise that it will be relied upon, heavily.
If you start at the very beginning of the report, the operational questions become immediately apparent. Something created an unscheduled speed increase – what was it? Then follow the actions taken and spot the errors; lots of – but no mention made. Think on, flight controls disconnected from the AP, good; power reduced a fraction, good; subtle pitch up, good; result, two hands needed to reef the nose up, without success – bad. So what’s up? Solve that riddle and you can see where the merry pathway to ATSB duck shoving begins.
If, you thought the Pel-Air epistle was an aberration; a one off, think again. This latest abomination, following closely on the heels of the Mildura aberration speaks clearly of the total shambles ATSB has become under Dolan.
Toot – toot.
It’s true, there was a honour debt to be paid having lost a bet. Suitably lubricated and slightly alemazed, the ATR report became the topic of the evening. Difficult to stay serious and focussed under those conditions, but we did manage to plough through the whole sorry thing. One cannot trust notions formed in P7’s study, pint in one paw ATSB in the other, not safe; so as penance I have diligently revisited (as they say) this dreadful report.
There are on screen four pages of notes – which I intended to par down to questions for which I would like answers; questions which were not answered in the ATSB report. Then I thought WTF – they’ll never be answered, so why bother. This ATSB report reminds me of the sort of thing a clever lawyer would do, when they wanted a thing that “may be relied on” brought in as evidence, but do not want the opposition to realise that it will be relied upon, heavily.
If you start at the very beginning of the report, the operational questions become immediately apparent. Something created an unscheduled speed increase – what was it? Then follow the actions taken and spot the errors; lots of – but no mention made. Think on, flight controls disconnected from the AP, good; power reduced a fraction, good; subtle pitch up, good; result, two hands needed to reef the nose up, without success – bad. So what’s up? Solve that riddle and you can see where the merry pathway to ATSB duck shoving begins.
If, you thought the Pel-Air epistle was an aberration; a one off, think again. This latest abomination, following closely on the heels of the Mildura aberration speaks clearly of the total shambles ATSB has become under Dolan.
Toot – toot.