[Kharon]

RI – “Qantas has been forced to amend training for its pilots following an incident on a Melbourne-Hong Kong flight in which six people were injured in-flight.”

Uhmm – not quite right Robyn. Reality check strongly recommended. Qantas internal safety management would have had this sorted out within a day or two and the solution on the table within a week, revised program up and running within a fortnight. That is what happens in good airlines, when real experts address an operational safety matter. This would have been sorted before the ATSB even Googled the problem to see what the experts where talking about.

The ATSB report apes the expert ‘fix’ – they probably copied the Qantas SMS report, verbatim. I don’t know. But I do know that I’d stand bare arsed, Oxford St on Mardi Gras night the day the ATSB ‘forced’ Qantas to amend anything; it is a ridiculous notion.

P2 – “If we have come to the point where all the ATCB is doing is regurgitating major airline internal investigation reports, then perhaps the Aviation should be omitted from the ATCB's remit.”

Second the motion – save the money.