[Kharon]

That is a good, professional post from Step Turn. Reassuring that someone with much more expertise and knowledge of flying boats and float planes than I has raised questions over ‘the box’.  It seemed ‘tight’ to me, not enough wriggle room for anything but something ‘light’ or the Caravan which happily operates in that sort of ‘room’.  There are, it seems to me at least, other factors which combined with ‘the box’ may have a connection; lack of practice in the aircraft ‘on site’ or a facsimile; it is not as simple as it seems to keep an aircraft precisely within a confined area. then there must be a subconscious element which seeks to avoid getting it wrong and loosing the hard won approval – even perhaps getting into some kind of trouble for the error. But I am speculating, and no one except the pilot will ever know the rational.

Thanks Step Turn – appreciated comments. Choc frog – on the wires.

PS. I forgot to mention the most impressive thing - using the video as a training tool - now; before the accident report is eventually published. Bravo, first class idea. I, for one would really like to hear the supporting 'briefing'. Two CF on the wire; enjoy.