Again you persist in the belief that somehow military pilots are supermen and limits are a target. In my opinion there is no extra 10%, there are limits.. its either safe or not..
Certainly there was a perception in the AC for many years that we as Military Pilots did not require Limits, this was stated by Senior Officers, and there was always a reluctance to write anything in ACFO's that would limit the AC's much vaunted Operational Flexibility.
I think quite clearly given the High level of accidents and incidents over the years that something was wrong with that approach.
It was cited in the report that the PIC charge had been investigated for a low flying incident. If all these were to be presented does it increase the amount of 'incidents' dramatically?
Would currency and proficiency in low level aborts have saved this crew?
Why was the required proficiency not carried out?
Why was the required proficiency not carried out?
Still think management have nothing to answer for?
If the questions are raised then they have to account for lack of input.
Problem being who gets to ask the questions?
The Fougas appear to have had a very safe and long career, and certainly we never had a fatality. But the aircraft retired with a fleet airframe average hours of about 2000hr, and believe me there were plenty of close calls.
I'm taking from all this that the lack of external auditing of the systems in place has failed to highlight
(a) That procedures are not being adhered to
(b) that those tasked from within the Aer Corps with self assessment of the systems are either overlooking basic system failures or are not aware of the potential risks around what they area auditing because they not be qualified to the degree required to carried out impartial audits.
So in effect the AC has not moved on from the Tramore incident and the flaws pointed out in the management structure back then have either never been adressed or have been allowed to resurface if they had indeed been removed?
So in effect while the people continue to fly they do so in an environment that lacks the control to minimize accidents?
Am I reading that correctly?
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