Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It was definitely worthwhile questioning.

My knowledge of airline safety is probably derived from Matthew Syed and Malcolm Gladwell. My general notion in relation to airline safety was that a determination was made. They may correct me where I am wrong - it happens quite often. It was the idea that if you were dealing with near misses-type scenarios, there was an amnesty so that you would make sure someone would come forward rather than hide and, therefore, there would be a communication. Protocols would be fixed to catch that problem and then ensure the problem did not continue into the future. This was communicated across the board. That is what IALPA is saying the ethos is, out in the wider world but not here.

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