First off, I never said I was an expert, I said I was "becoming a bit of an expert". I have spent the last year researching accidents around the world. I am currently working with other families who have lost loved ones in the industry, so YES, I will be arguing for others in the future.
How come non of these witnesses told the pilot before the flight or before being hired?
They weren't people who were working at the company, but people who had flown in the previous months, or observed things on the spit/ at the AMO. They likely had no opportunity to tell him.
They did.Why didn't these witnesses report this to TC??????
I have never denied that the pilot may have made errors - but it was not his errors that caused the engine to fail, or for the incident to become an accident.Whose fault was the accident?
I understand it is not possible to be in constant contact - given that, it should be required that positional reports be given frequently - for which a cell phone is inadequate. An operators communication system needs to be evaluated in reference to where it is operating. No one will ever convince me that an operator who does not have any kind of radio for flight following purposes (in office, or using someone elses), and has no back-up system of positional reporting, is operating safely.I am sorry I must disagree. He simply stated that TC understands that it is impossible to regulate that everyon ebe in constant ground contact at any and all times. Such things are not within the realm of feasibility in a country such as this.
andI don't know MJM but I would venture to say that he didn't want anyone to die. Likely he got caught up in "keeping the contract" and flew to cheap and something had to be sacrificed. Most human nature is not to be stupid enough to knowingly hurt others and I doubt he is any different than that. Again, i don't know him. Maybe he is a real as_hole??
From where I sit it looks like your efforts ought to be directed more towards the former executives and managers at the company, rather than TC.
We are going after the company (criminally, we cannot go after them civilly - everyone on board was working). The RCMP are unlikely to press charges, however, if TC will not say the company did anything wrong.
I doubt the owner of MJM "wanted anyone to die" either, however, his own history tells us he didn't make efforts to stop such things either. The "dispatch/office girl" at MJM was his girlfriend, and never trained according to witnesses. Less than two years before the accident, a worker of his died on a different type of job-site ... WCB found the company responsible - brakes not maintained, critical weld performed by unqualifed welder in improper environment, etc. One would think he would have learned from that incident to take better care of his equipment, but CGAQW, (and the aircraft he had leased and returned in poor condition) tell us he did not. Earlier this month, another worker died on another of his job sites .... maybe an unpreventable accident - we doubt it.
There is a lot of information on my website about this accident - follow the links to expert statements for a better understanding of what probably initiated things, and what turned an incident into a fatal accident. It is because of our pressure that TC has issued the new R-985 service bulletin. We are bringing up the engine next week, and that will put closure to the initiating event - but again, it was not engine failure that killed these guys.
PS. For those of you who are tired of me, stop reading my posts.
