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Hi
David;
I think you've got a heck of a good idea there, I just hope
that the organization never has anything to do. While the FAA or Transport
Canada may not want outsiders doing their investigations, it is clear that they
have little interest in fully investigating an accident cause and are satisfied
with filling in the blanks. While I don't feel I may be fully qualified for this
task, I realize that at least in this part of Canada, I may be a contender for
the job, which I hope to be never called upon to do. So how would we
go about setting up an organization with official status that would be taken
seriously by the bureaucrats?
Another thought that I'd like to add; If this ever happened
to me, I'd like to have some legal statement in place instructing Transport
Canada to allow one of our community to participate in the investigation or
at the very least (if nobody is able to travel this far north:-), release any
data from the long-hoped-for and much-begged-for, EM2 datalogger if it ever
becomes a reality. That would probably carry more weight than any quasi-official
organization and is something that we can each take care of now. We don't want
to think of it happening to us, but it's much the same as the organ donor card,
can't deal with it when were dead. I'd like to think that if my number was up,
at least some good could come from it.
I believe there was a lawyer in the group? Any opinion on
the legal aspect of this. Would this simply be ignored by the feds until the
investigation had concluded? In any case, I'm going down to tell the wife right
now what my wishes are, so at least there is a verbal statement from me that I'd
want you guys involved. Not that I'm planning on giving you something to do
:-)
Todd Bartrim
RV9Endurance
13B Turbo Rotary
C-FSTB
"The world will always have a place for those that bring hard work and
determination to the things they do."
My suggestion is that WE.. the
rotary community.. need to incorporate and establish ourselves.. just like any
other type-club. We need to establish ourselves as a bonafide entity, with
qualified individuals who are 1) intelligent 2) educated 3) detail oriented 4)
OBJECTIVE and 5) able to drop what they are doing for 3 or 4 days and travel
on their own nickel to perform a role similar to what Paul did. Hell.. even
INCLUDE him.. but make sure the "go team" aspect of this organization is able
to focus on the FACTS of the situation and not draw premature conclusions. We
would need to petition the NTSB and FAA to make them acutely aware at the
regional level in EACH region that we have representatives on hand to assist
with investigations of rotary powered aircraft. WE would be the experts on
wether something was acceptable or not (oil premix, for instance) in the
rotary community, and would be able to render input to the board
reps/investigators but we would have to be able to BACK IT UP WITH FACTS in
any case.
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