At 11:38 AM 8/05/05 +1000, you wrote:
> Hi All,
EFL
Harry,
Glider spun from an altitude precluding recovery etc isn't an accident
cause - it IS the accident. The really interesting thing is WHY?
Now I've heard you say yourself that accidents are the result of a chain of
events. It is extremely unlikely that the same chain of events occurs every
time this happens. It is helpful to pilots to read about the accident
circumstances and the chain of events leading up to it. Sometimes we say
"there but for the grace...", other times "I'm going to make sure I don't
get trapped that way" and hopefully now and again "if I keep going here
this way I'll end up like xxxxxx...." and we break the chain.
I still find it strange that you and others can claim that detailed
accident reports aren't necessary. Most other aviation organisations
consider them to have merit. Maybe the GFA and the People's Liberation Army
Air Force have something in common although I wouldn't bet that the PLA is
that silly.
I find it really sad that the people who have chosen themselves to
administer gliding are prepared to offer feeble excuses as to why they
won't publicly investigate accidents and despite rhetoric about "safety"
and voluminous rule books full of nit picking rules all justified on the
grounds of "safety" they are prepared to deny their fellow glider pilots
one of the safety tools considered valuable by the rest of the world's
aviation organisations.
Last I heard the GFA has plenty of money. One way around the legal issues
would be to just do the investigations and go to court if necessary. Worst
case the GFA goes broke. So what? Best case the GFA wins in court and sets
a legal precedent.
I suspect the legal issues are just a distraction. Maybe the fearless
leaders are really worried that a reasonably independent accident
investigation system will simply find over time that real problem is
systematic.
In the meantime we can just sit around and speculate as to which accidents
might not have happened if wider dissemination of accident reporting had
occurred.
Mike
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