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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 4:47 am
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AusEuroFlyer
 
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Wouldn't it be better to leave it to the experts at the AAIB (and in conjunction perhaps BA, RR etc) to address any issues that may have contributed to the accident, rather than 'trial by internet' by those of us without access to FDR or CVR, and by amateur pilots or worse still, 'trial by media'?

It's one thing professional pilots (esp those on jets) discussing the potential issues for their own digestion and for possible 'lessons learnt'. But accident investigation is normally highly complex even for highly trained people, and to criticise the handling of the flight without known facts or analysis seems rather inappropriate to me, especially if doing so for criticism and idle speculations' sake based on little information available.

It's very easy to criticise things without full facts - conversely it's easy to praise things without full facts too. But neither is particularly fruitful in the long term. We need to all remember why accidents get investigated - so that it prevents future occurrence. Criticising the perceived angle of attack of the aircraft based on a short footage doesn't achieve that.

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