Two bob’s worth of opinion please.
Booth - “The idea that they are not going to search for the aircraft to finality is a serious precedent in all aviation,”
A good point, well made; but, it begs the question – Why not?
What possible reason can there be for not continuing? A hiatus would be perfectly understandable; there is new data and fresh ideas to consider. “We are having a re-think and attempting to redefine the search area, but first we must exclude the area currently being searched”. That would be a reasonable statement to make, acceptable and sensible.
We must, IMO, believe there is now a high probability that the aircraft is not where the original search area placed it – again, reasonable. No one could blame the ‘boffins’ for that – hells bells, it is a huge area, bugger all data and massive public pressure to ‘do’ something. For weal or for woe; no matter how the search area was defined, that search is reaching it’s conclusion. What to do next is the right question; whether or not to continue the search is a very wrong one.
I flatly refuse to believe that the daemon Dollar has any influence on that question. A new boffin crew and a search could be funded in weeks through ‘crowd funding’, or lottery; or tax deductible donation: money could be found – a damn sight quicker and easier than the aircraft. We do need to find this aircraft. Emotive issues aside, there are many sound technical and security questions which must, absolutely, be answered; correctly. No matter what your ‘pet’ theory de jour is, a repeat, another aircraft disappearing into the night sky, is unthinkable. Anything and everything possible, no matter the cost or the time, must be done to prevent a reoccurrence. Whether it be pilot mental health, terrorism, political protest, aircraft mechanical or systems failure, cock-up, punch up, or conspiracy, we need a definite answer; and, a solution.
Any response, other than the search effort continues simply makes a mockery of the government ‘safety is all’ statements. Consider this – until the world knows the how and the why of MH 370’s disappearance – there is no guarantee that however unlikely, this cannot happen, for whatever the reason, again. There is no plausible excuse for discontinuing the search, there are 239 reasons to continue.
Selah.
Booth - “The idea that they are not going to search for the aircraft to finality is a serious precedent in all aviation,”
A good point, well made; but, it begs the question – Why not?
What possible reason can there be for not continuing? A hiatus would be perfectly understandable; there is new data and fresh ideas to consider. “We are having a re-think and attempting to redefine the search area, but first we must exclude the area currently being searched”. That would be a reasonable statement to make, acceptable and sensible.
We must, IMO, believe there is now a high probability that the aircraft is not where the original search area placed it – again, reasonable. No one could blame the ‘boffins’ for that – hells bells, it is a huge area, bugger all data and massive public pressure to ‘do’ something. For weal or for woe; no matter how the search area was defined, that search is reaching it’s conclusion. What to do next is the right question; whether or not to continue the search is a very wrong one.
I flatly refuse to believe that the daemon Dollar has any influence on that question. A new boffin crew and a search could be funded in weeks through ‘crowd funding’, or lottery; or tax deductible donation: money could be found – a damn sight quicker and easier than the aircraft. We do need to find this aircraft. Emotive issues aside, there are many sound technical and security questions which must, absolutely, be answered; correctly. No matter what your ‘pet’ theory de jour is, a repeat, another aircraft disappearing into the night sky, is unthinkable. Anything and everything possible, no matter the cost or the time, must be done to prevent a reoccurrence. Whether it be pilot mental health, terrorism, political protest, aircraft mechanical or systems failure, cock-up, punch up, or conspiracy, we need a definite answer; and, a solution.
Any response, other than the search effort continues simply makes a mockery of the government ‘safety is all’ statements. Consider this – until the world knows the how and the why of MH 370’s disappearance – there is no guarantee that however unlikely, this cannot happen, for whatever the reason, again. There is no plausible excuse for discontinuing the search, there are 239 reasons to continue.
Selah.