Peter Stephenson wrote:
We discussed this at length at the recent Safety Seminar at Caboolture,
north of Brisbane with Kevin Oerlehead CTO Ops and Darry O'Connell President
GFA.
The hangies sign a declaration that they will not sue each other in event of
an accident. Evidently it is legally sound. GFA does not have that
protection and I suggested at the meeting that we should but that comment
was not supported.
We were told that there are legal proceedings going on at present between
gliding accident victims/estates. Should a report by the GFA have an
adverse findings against one of the pilots or instructor, you can imagine
the ramifications of that!
I want to read gliding accident reports too, but I can see the GFA's
position and we need to change it so GFA can report impartially like the
ATSB.
Accident reports do make make findings against anyone. They report facts
- that is all they do. Go and read the report on the fatal accident
earlier this year near Dalby on DDSC's web site for an example.
Safety is not about blame!
--
Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au
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