What caught our eye in this editorial is precisely that Mr.
North isn't clear, to the point of contradicting himself; he
is hiding his true motives, and he is, in effect, proposing
the worn euphemism, uttered by industry and some editors that
"safety is complicated". Sure, anything can be complicated
when corruption is involved - you have to determine who is
compromised and who is not.
Read this sentence again carefully: "There has to be
a balance in aircraft crash investigations between
safety requirements and needs" - and NEEDS? What needs? Mr. North
never explains. We believe the needs he writes about are the
needs of the industry to continue covering up the dangerous,
fundamental flaws in their new, but obsolete, jet transports.
Or, is it the needs of the corrupt to protect their
backsides?
In any event, Mr. North is fuzzy, he is in contradiction
with the principles of justice and murky. Let us illustrate by
examining his words a little more closely: At the beginning of
his editorial, Mr. North talks about the mission of the NTSB
investigations:
"In essence, the goal of NTSB investigations is to identify
problems so they won't happen again. Laying blame is not the
point. It may, of course, be a by-product of any accident
investigation, but that is not the board's objective."
We can all agree that laying blame for the purpose of
laying blame isn't constructive, but blame DOES serve a
purpose. Blame allows the victims and their families to
attempt to recover damages from those responsible, and for
those responsible to incur a proper penalty for their
wrongdoing! Isn't that one of the principles of justice -
to render every man his due? Mr. North seems to argue
that blame is a bad thing. In our experiences, only dishonest,
evildoers feel that they ought not to be blamed for their
actions. An honorable man, if he has strayed so far as to
injure another, will see the error of his ways and repent,
attempt to correct his behavior so as to prevent it from
occurring again and attempt to make reparations to the
person/people so injured.
Mr. North says the reason why blame should not be laid and prosecutions should be
delayed, as NTSB Chairman James Hall has requested of
the U.S. Attorney General's office (obstruction of justice?), is that
people - whom Mr. North fails to identify - won't be afraid to
talk to accident investigators. If you've done something wrong
like killing hundreds or a thousand or more people, aren't you
going to be afraid to talk to accident investigators? You know
you're going to have to pay for your misdeeds. Which planet
does Mr. North live on?
Further, anyone familiar with the aircrash web-site
and its contents knows that Mr. Hall is fully aware of the
much superior Burnelli airframe technology, which is devoid of
the fundamental flaws inherent in the conventional jets. Also,
he knows the obvious advantages for preventing mass-homicides,
which occur on a regular basis every time a conventional jet
self-destructs on contact with anything more solid than air.
According to NTSB's goal, which is "to identify problems so
they won't happen again", Chairman Hall's inaction, is clearly
a violation of his duty.
Why doesn't Mr. North carry out his responsibilities by
pointing out the NTSB's failure to do its job? Isn't that what
magazines and newspapers are for?
Maybe the NTSBs true intent is not saving lives but just
reducing the accident rate, so the industry can continue to
produce costly, inefficient, high-death-rate and outdated
technology to maximize profits at the expense of the public.
We believe Mr. North is attempting to muddy the waters, so
that people won't look at accidents and the lack of ensuing
prosecutions as anything out of the ordinary. That, of course,
would make Mr. North an accessory and a co-conspirator in what
is clearly a racketeering operation which extorts payment from
the public in hard-earned cash/labor and in blood (see
).
Aircraft accidents cause an immense amount of damage to
society and especially to the families and friends of those
who die in such violent circumstances. Any such willful act
deserves to be punished and restitution made to society (in
the form of a change in behavior) and to the survivors in any
way that is appropriate to fulfill the mandate of true
justice. If such is not done, then justice is dead, for each
man will not have been rendered his due - a few will have
benefited at the expense of the many, as has been occurring
for the last seven decades.
Please write to the U.S. Attorney General (or
the Attorney General of your state) and request the
prosecution of those in the aviation industry, those in
government agencies, in civil aviation organizations, the
publishing industry and those in tax free foundations, like
the Flight Safety Foundation and the Cornell Safety Center,
who participate in this continuing suppression of technology
which could save so many lives around the globe. We've
provided an unprecedented amount of proof to substantiate our
allegations - see www.aircrash.org.
Also, if time permits, a letter or email to Mr. North
(north@mh.com), asking him why Aviation Week & Space
Technology, as the leading industry / political / technical
aviation magazine, has failed to mention Burnelli since 1948,
leaving the industry and the public in the dark?
