Small plane missing Victoria 18/09/22

[Roundsounds]

6 hours ago, jackc said:

 ¡CEO told me last week, they will get around to it shortly.  
Snow jobbing a Coroner does not go well, when the relevant people get caught.

Get around to it shortly? It’s not like they didn’t know the outcome, should’ve had something out to members the day the report was released. Says a lot about the culture of the place.

[FlyBoy1960]

perhaps, if they leave it long enough, they think we will have forgotten and the can sweep everything under the rug

[facthunter]

Bit judgemental . They can't say much when being threatened with Prosecution. Nev

[jackc]

27 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Bit judgemental . They can't say much when being threatened with Prosecution. Nev

All they need to do is notify basically that circumstances are pending until final determination is made.  
No legal discussion can be made, under the circumstances.

But to simply say nothing at all, is an insult to the members, shareholder, stakeholders of the organisation.

[facthunter]

Not a realistic assumption They no doubt would be acting under Legal Advice.  Nev

[Roundsounds]

54 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Bit judgemental . They can't say much when being threatened with Prosecution. Nev

Just an acknowledgement would be ok

[kgwilson]

No matter what, given the demeanour of the pilot in this case a major issue was almost certain in a reasonably short time. The crash and fatality happened and it was the fault of the pilot.

 

The learnings that come out of this have been made glaringly obvious by the Coroner. How anyone in RA-Aus thought that flying hours in a foot launched, non rigid, unpowered, flexible paraglider could possibly be counted as flight experience towards a RA-Aus pilot certificate displays either arrogance or a totally inadequate understanding of what prior knowledge and experience is. Then to defend the actions and cover everything up from the Operations Manager to top management and Board of Directors shows these factors in an even worse light along with a complete misunderstanding of the thorough nature of a Coronial inquest.

 

The fact that Neil Schaefer was the only one who railed against this and that he was shut up is even more disturbing. Those involved should be prosecuted and relieved of their roles in a very public way. I hope this happens.

[facthunter]

The Coroner gets involved when a fatality happens His/her job is to determine the Cause of death. The Weather conditions were the cause of death. WHO decided to FLY that day.? The Pilot.  No amount of training in any of the RAAus array of aircraft would have been of any benefit that day.  He was considered an exceptionally adept pilot and stayed in the air longer than most who haven't flown IFR. Its Likely the ICE was the final straw..  Nev

[turboplanner]

30 minutes ago, facthunter said:

The Coroner gets involved when a fatality happens His/her job is to determine the Cause of death. The Weather conditions were the cause of death. WHO decided to FLY that day.? The Pilot.  No amount of training in any of the RAAus array of aircraft would have been of any benefit that day.  He was considered an exceptionally adept pilot and stayed in the air longer than most who haven't flown IFR. Its Likely the ICE was the final straw..  Nev

The Coroner has already released his report.

[facthunter]

Are you disputing anything I have said. .  My "information" is from the report.  Nev