Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
To be fair to the guys in question (who no longer have jobs), they didn't overfly. ATC made them fly past the airport and populated areas to perform a series of confidence maneuvers. Every knows what they did wrong but nobody has heard the story of [b]what ATC and the company screwed up.Remember, it is almost always a chain of mistakes that lead to an accident.
True. I can't remember, didn't ATC repeatedtly call them and the calls went unanswered?
Also, if, again IF that was the case, who's to say they would have answered an ACARS or SelCall (if applicable) message from company?
I'm not bashing those guys. But sadly it's been proven, at the end of the day, the responsibility falls on the crew.
If it can be passed down to the lowest level/highest profile level of accountability, it will.
And yes, you're right. It would be interesting to see what th fallout was on the ATC/dispatch end was.