In article l83Db.539930$HS4.4109702@attbi_s01,
Cy Galley wrote:
WHY DIDN'T HE MAKE ADVANCE ARRANGEMENTS to ship _his_own_ fuel there?

Using that rational, everyone should ship repair parts and tools to possible
landing places like The Oshkosh convention just in case they have a problem.
--
Cy Galley, TC - Chair, Emergency Aircraft Repair, Oshkosh


*IF*AND*WHEN* Oshkosh has a _published_policy_ of =not= providing services,
and there's nobody "in the neighborhood" who will, for hire, deliver services
on site, then "yes", it'd be a *damn* good idea.

The point is, you *CHECK*FIRST*. _IF_ services *are* available on-site, no
problem. *IF*NOT*, you damn well better make 'alternate arrangements', "just
in case". It's known as "insurance".

There are only a couple of possible scenarios:
1) He *DID*NOT* plan for 'what to do' in the case of problems with the
flight. Problems then developed, and he 'got lucky' and survived.
2) He _did_ consider 'what to do' in the case of problems, and McMurdo
was a *planned* emergency alternative. If so, Johnson either didn't
check on services availability, didn't care that it was published that
services wee *not* available, or assumed the published rules "didn't
apply" to him.

In either scenario, I have a very difficult time seeing how is is _possible_
to consider the fault to lay anywhere _other_ than with Johnson. Looks to me
like the issue is 100% of _his_own_making_. *DUE*TO*BAD*AND/OR*INSUFFICIENT*
*PLANNING* for contingency situations.


_Anyone_ who travels to/through/across "uninhabited" territory, by -whatever-
means, better have plans for what to do 'if things go wrong'. It doesn't
matter if it's flying across Antarctica, sailing across the Pacific, driving
across the desert, or going for a hike in the mountains, the principle is the
same. If those contingency plans involve "somebody else" bailing you out of
a jam, it is STUPID _not_ to verify that they are 'ready, willing, and able'
to do so, *before* setting out.

Johnson appears to have failed badly at this basic element of project planning.