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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

10th Dec 2019, 21:30

Replies: 502

Mt Erebus Disaster 40th Anniversary

Views: 161,732

Posted By Pickuptruck

In the simulator with the same flight path and...

In the simulator with the same flight path and configuration it was possible to miss the mountain but only if the crew reacted instantly and correctly to the first GPWS warning. The GPWS went off...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

10th Dec 2019, 09:13

Replies: 502

Mt Erebus Disaster 40th Anniversary

Views: 161,732

Posted By Pickuptruck

Amateur hour. You want the airline to call you...

Amateur hour. You want the airline to call you everytime you go flying? Waypoints change all the time, you look on the chart to see what your route is. You telling me you never look at where you are...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

10th Dec 2019, 02:37

Replies: 502

Mt Erebus Disaster 40th Anniversary

Views: 161,732

Posted By Pickuptruck

sadly that would be correct if the judge was...

sadly that would be correct if the judge was presenting an impartial examination of the factors, cause and effect. Mahon set out to without any impartiality to exonerate the crew from their actions...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

10th Dec 2019, 00:54

Replies: 502

Mt Erebus Disaster 40th Anniversary

Views: 161,732

Posted By Pickuptruck

Chippendale mentioned all the casual factors as...

Chippendale mentioned all the casual factors as an accident investigator should. Whiteout and navigation were amongst them. But primary cause was Collins decision to ditch SOP for the Erebus flights...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

9th Dec 2019, 22:18

Replies: 502

Mt Erebus Disaster 40th Anniversary

Views: 161,732

Posted By Pickuptruck

So what did it matter? In the previous hour not...

So what did it matter? In the previous hour not once did the crew look at a chart and check where they were. The INS held maybe 6 coordinates in it and if they had looked even once at them they would...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

9th Dec 2019, 14:21

Replies: 502

Mt Erebus Disaster 40th Anniversary

Views: 161,732

Posted By Pickuptruck

So with zero air accident investigation...

So with zero air accident investigation experience and zero widebody transport flying experience a Judge in the space of a few months knew as much about flying the DC10 as anyone on the flight deck....

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

9th Dec 2019, 09:46

Replies: 502

Mt Erebus Disaster 40th Anniversary

Views: 161,732

Posted By Pickuptruck

How many times does the GPWS have to go off...

How many times does the GPWS have to go off before you as a Captain would do something?
Is there ever and I mean ever, a requirement for you as crew to look at the INS waypoint you’re flew over and...

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