Hi,

In article ,
Peter wrote:
My point, which Judah phrased much better, was simply that "stuff happens"
and it makes no sense to add more regulations and complexity every time an
accident or incident indicates a possible gap in the rules--or to try to
find or enact a crime that might fit every situation. All of us will die;
but, if we expend less effort fretting about unusual causes, most of us
would live more complete and enjoyable lives before our death.

While that's true, and adding more and more 'rules' isn't necessarily going
to help, it can't be harmful to have a standardised method for inexperienced
(not just student) pilots to identify themselves as such to ATC and other
pilots.

'Heathrow Tower, Tyro G-ANDY base' isn't much more to say, and can convey
this inexperience without too much extra effort.

Military fields already have a mechanism for doing this (the 'Tyro' above is
the military term). Extending this to civilian air traffic seems as good a
way as any to me.

I do agree though, there appear to have been a lot of small isolated factors
in this accident that just all came together to make its consequences so
bad.

Andy