Friday, February 17, 2012

Rob Morgan Eulogy

It is always a tragedy when one of our members has an accident.   A savage reminder that what we do and love can kill us if it goes wrong.

You can be lucky, and you can be unlucky, but overwhelminingly the accident statistics show human error as a factor.   It used to be around 75% in fact, when I was more current with those matters.

We must all train our mind, as well as our body.   Don't make poor decisions that back you into a corner, always have an 'out', stick to your go/no go altitude limits.   Self-discipline.

No one knows yet why Rob crashed, and we may never know with the current policy of the ATSB not to investigate sport aviation accidents.   Messrs Scwherdt and Sperou, both long time members,  are gathering what dtata they can and hopefully that will provide a factual picture of the circumstances of the crash.

I insert below Chris Sperou's eulogyto Rob, read at his memorial service last Friday: