Originally Posted by
captjns
As an expat... I've been in a lot worse with monsoon conditions, engine failure. Heart attack victim in the back... should I go on? And that's on one flight!
If their union protects their jobs, then so be it. But what's the message to those who follow proper procedures, SOPs, briefings?
This crew was domestic under positive radar contact. Sorry no sympathy from me.
One one flight? Do tell us more.
As Atlas pilots, I know they have been in some real crapholes and crap conditions as well. So don't pat yourself on the back too hard.
I suspect you have no real insight or facts about what happened unless you have a direct line to the crew. Otherwise you are like everyone else...reading the funnies and armchair quarterbacking.
Which means that your pronouncements are bilge. You don't know what the union...or the company will do. Sounds like despite the fact that there was no damage or injury, you want scalps. Pretty sad. An opportunity exists for a teaching event and some like you decree via keyboard.
That's why the industry has programs like ASAP. Everyone realized that pilots ARE human and errors DO happen. And instead of your heads on pikes approach, it's better to find out if common threads exist (like multiple similar events at these airports over the years) and if the common thread can be defined, how to fix it.
I'd also suspect that a company like Atlas, who operates in more hairy places than you, understands this and is less likely to throw people under the bus like you are.