Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Pilots 'must be prosecuted'

Mark Forbes in Jakarta and Craig Skehan
SMH October 24, 2007

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT IS HAVING PROBLEMS SWALLOWING THIS?

What did THE report tell us?
The airport emergency service was incompetent…well there’s something unexpected, it’s Indonesia.
The co-pilot was too scared/ensconced in social hierarchy to question his superior…again, it’s Indonesia.
They’re going to try not to let anyone be punished… shocker there, given that it’s Indonesia.

The only thing I can’t understand here is the pilot. I mean come on people, this guy is obviously suicidal or mentally retarded, because surely (assuming the report is accurate) self preservation should have kicked in around alarm bell two!
“Tarmac good, rice paddy bad.”
Does he not understand that whole mortality thing that comes with being human?
Did anyone do a tox. screen on him after the crash, because it sounds like the guy was high as a kite, or at least crawling around the bottom of a bottle.
15 ALARMS… This goes beyond stupidity, beyond training, beyond basic human instincts.
It’s just ludicrous!
I know a few conspiracy nuts that would have a field day with this.