More Fatal Improvisation

[Evan]

More non-standard stoogery behind the crash of the AC-130J out of Jalalabad last October.

"The [intentional] blocking of the flight controls [by a night vision goggles case] during loading operations is a non-standard procedure," the report said, "as such, there is no regulatory guidance to prohibit the act, or to address the proper placement and removal of the object blocking the controls."

Maybe there should be regulatory guidance against non-standard procedures...

Procedures are there for a reason. And this is the reason.