by K_P9 | Mar 19, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
To those who closely followed the Senate inquiry into the Pel-Air debacle, yesterday’s announcement, rejecting Part 145 will not surprise. It is a promise fulfilled by a team of honest men who had their collective good will, natural forbearance, political savvy...
by K_P9 | Mar 18, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry
I note that the risible, totally non-(and never likely to be) provable notion that Vlad Putin had a hand in the MH 370 puzzle is still getting oxygen. (cue wry smile). I can only think that apart from a clearly commercial motive this lively red-herring is out there to...
by K_P9 | Mar 17, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
P2 – 10. In the months ahead, the Investigation Team will need to analyse to draw conclusions and safety recommendations based on the factual information that have been gathered. In addition to the analysis and the conclusion phase of the investigation, steps...
by K_P9 | Mar 15, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
Commercial pressure to minimise flight time and operational ‘expediency’ have, over the decades, claimed their fair share of lives in air accidents. This time, the latest Wrex in flight debacle descended to within 680 feet (about one minute) of landing on...
by K_P9 | Mar 13, 2015 | Accidents and Inquiry, Senate Estimates - Unplugged
In primus ignoring clearly defined warnings can get you hurt. The problem lays in too much ‘Nanny State’ interference and information overload, people get tired of ‘caution hot’ labels on coffee cups. Too many prissy, unnecessary, mindless...