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Is the search for IP pure folly?

The mad flurry of recent activity within the aviation accident investigation section of the ATSB and in the cover of a mind numbingly boring and seemingly endless election campaign, on my observation hasn't led to any great renaissance of Reason; or indeed the quality and relevance to the principles of ICAO Annex 13 of recently released major incident/accident reports:

World's best practice in CYA Aviation Accident Investigation -

K - 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.

 

Bloody hell. I spend 4 weeks in Montreal and upon returning I find that Australian aviation has plummeted to even newer lows than one thought possible!

Mildura incident - what a crock of shit. That is an infantile and poorly investigated (or should I say poorly covered over) event. ATSB = shame shame shame.

VARA incident - crock of shit number 2. A childish watered down report aimed at the Year 3 students at my grandsons school. ATSB = shame shame shame.

Dolan my friend, you truly depart the ATsB on an all time low. You are 'beyond embarressing'. Never in my aviation career have I come across such an incompetent, out of ones depth buffoon. You will go down in history amongst the likes of Roger Chambers, John McCormack, Warren Truss and Terry Farkwitson. Absolute fool.

As for Hoody, well don't hold onto your Toga's awaiting miracles folks. The chiselled one will tow the party line and do whatever his superiors ask of him. Pumpkin Head runs this ship and nobody else matters. Hoody will no doubt have robust intentions, and the bloke is pretty smart and well skilled. Potentially the right man for the job. But when you look at who his Master is (and might be) - the likes of perm boy Chester or the great white elephant Albanese, you can see how we are doomed. Unless ICAO head down under and slide this nation the pineapple of a lifetime, I fear nothing will change.

TICK TOCK

However for one of the best summations of these incidents & accident reports, from our bollocks bureau that I have read, here is a quoted post from ozaub off the UP: 

The ATSB report isn’t getting the attention it deserves. Can I please draw invidious comparisons with attitudes to the loss of AirAsia QZ 8501 later in 2014. In both cases the crew mismanaged an upset with opposite control inputs.


The AirAsia A320 broke up in flight for many reasons, not least the language confusion and Captain telling FO to “Pull Down, Pull Down”. The airline was vilified and Indonesian aviation denigrated. However Indonesia’s report is timely and thorough.

For the ATR all we have is an interim report with many unanswered questions.

Opposite control inputs from ATR’s Captain and FO caused the left and right elevator control systems to uncouple from each other. It may not be common knowledge that many aircraft have separate control runs to each side of the elevator. The sides are connected by a clutch which in event of a jam disconnects and allows safe flight. In this incident independent and opposite movement of the left and right elevators via the captain’s and FO’s control columns respectively subjected the tail to asymmetric loads well beyond design requirements.

Subsequent ATR analysis found that the maximum load on the horizontal stabiliser exceeded design ultimate load by about 47 per cent, and the exceedance lasted about 0.125 second.

Somehow the ATR’s tailplane held together. Damage was so severe that the tail was visually twisted, yet nobody noticed. The plane continued in service and extent of damage was discovered almost by chance after a suspected bird strike. The aircraft was so severely damaged that ATR required complete replacement of both the vertical and horizontal tails.

Once again Australia kept its aviation reputation intact more by luck than competency. If you think that’s a harsh judgement read another recent ATSB report, into how two Boeing 737s nearly ran out of fuel and had no option but to land in fog with fuel and visibility below legal minima. Final report is at https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/577054...-100-final.pdf

  




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