Re: Air France 447 - Letter To Mssrs Charles Henri Tardivat and Stuart Dench - Association of Families of Victims of Flight AF447

Captain Field McConnell
N3572 CR S
Plum City WI USA 54761

Stewarts Law Offices
London and Paris

1 June, 2011

Mssrs Tardivat and Dench,

I understand that your law firm is involved in the justice sought by surviving family members of those souls aboard AF 447. I come to you, now, offering rejoinder service if that might benefit the surviving family members.

My professional background includes 29 years of blemish free service to Northwest Airlines and 26 years of service, mostly as an aviator, flying in Navy, Marine and USAF squadrons. I have type ratings in the A320, A330, DC10, DC9 and CV-A340/440 aircraft and my liscense is FAA ATP 3053346.

On 10 December, 2006, I shared safety sensitive information with the Air Line Pilots Association, the FAA, the FBI and representatives including four Vice-Presidents of Northwest Airlines. The information was not in dispute as Boeing had paid a $615M settlement to US Department of Justice to arrest an investigation into illegal aircraft modifications and illegal export of military hardware, specifically the QRS11 GyroChip, to wit:

----- Original Message -----
From: Field McConnell
To: Hylander, Ken J
Cc: Moore, Pete A; Campbell, Tim P
Sent: Sun Dec 10 21:59:10 2006
Subject: FW: Captain McConnell Says "Clear the Skies"


Field McConnell
9223 50th Ave S
Glyndon MN 56547

Director of Safety
Northwest Airlines
Eagan MN 55111

Cc: Air Line Pilots Association
1625 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20036

David Hawkins
Foundation Scholar, Cambridge University
Founder and Forensic Economist at Hawks CAFE
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawkscafe/

http://www.hawkscafe.com/

10 December, 2006
Gentlemen:
Re: Captain McConnell Says "Clear the Skies""

It has come to my attention over the last 96 hours that a QRS-11* GyroChip gyroscope with military applications exists.

I understand that at least 96 passenger aircraft have been illegally modified with QRS-11 missile-guidance technology and at least 27 GyroChip-equipped flight boxes have been exported without licenses by Boeing without the knowledge or informed consent of airline companies, unions, or pilots.

Under the authority demanded of me on page 9.1.1. of the Flight Operations Manual, specifically bullet statement 4 "The Captain WILL make the FINAL decision as to whether the aircraft may be safely operated." I deem it impossible to comply with the requirement of 9.1.1. until any captain can know, without a doubt, that QRS-11 is not embedded on his particular jet.

In my experience, Northwest Airlines has always put safety first regardless of the costs. I suggest our company can address this issue and be the first airline in the world to be declared QRS-11 cleansed. The potential risk of not determining the existence, or lack thereof, of a threat may facilitate a second 9-11 style incident.

The body of evidence supporting my concern is established and vast. I assure you my interests are in keeping with the interests of NWA. I believe we can use this as a competitive advantage, however safety must come first. I am going to suggest that ALPA and IFALPA considering "standing down the fleets" until this possibility is resolved.

On 9-11 an order was given to "clear the skies". I ask ALPA to consider issuing that order again within 72 hours if independent discovery cannot identify the threat.

With grave concern and an eagerness to help,

Field McConnell
28 year airline employee
22 year military pilot
23,000+ hours of safety

I was subjected to a discretionary phyical albeit not with a Doctor qualified to perform FAA physicals on Airmen possessing FAA liscenses to fly. Following the successful completion of the physical, Northwest Airlines removed me from pay status claiming I had failed to appear at a psychological evaluation by a Doctor Elliott of Los Angeles, the preferred psychologist of Delta, United, Continental and Northwest Airlines, among others. I elected to retire to protect my Expert Witness Value. I was found by a Human Resource specialist and flew 18 months in Kazakhstan flying Airbus A320 family aircraft most generally with Muslim co-pilots.

On 27 February, 2007 I filed Civil Case 3:07-cv-24 "McCONNELL v. ALPA AND BOEING". Four days later Boeing satisfied me by publishing an acknowledgement that Boeing had, indeed, deployed the Boeing Uninterruptible Auto Pilot. Now 52 months later ALPA has neither acknowledged this nor, more importantly, ensured that ALPA's pilots are aware of the BUAP and it's uninterruptible nature. In the time since I communicated with ALPA et. al. four airliners have suffered hull losses in a manner consistent with my written warnings to ALPA: Adam Air 574 ( 1-1-07 ), Kenya Airways 507 ( 5-5-07 ), Colgan 3407 in February, 2007 and Air France 447.

I was satisfied with Boeing but not with what I characterize as the suppression of safety critical information by ALPA so in September, 2008, I filed Civil Case 1:08-1600 (RMC), "McCONNELL v. ALPA". In what appears to be a FRAUD UPON THE COURT my case was dismissed on 24 January, 2011.

When in June, 2009, Senator Byron Dorgan (recently leaving office) chaired a US Senate Aviation Safety Hearing to address issues leading to Colgan 3407 and, I opine, AF 447 I delivered a letter to Senator Dorgan's Office in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. Four whistleblowing pilots, myself included, were barred from testifying before the Senate. Realizing that the US Aviation authorities were not keen to prevent future accidents I published a Chapter 9 of the fourth book in a ten volume set collectively entitled Captain Sherlock Solves 9/11. At the cessation of proceedings in Dorgan Aviation Safety Hearings I caused Chapter 9 to be uploaded to the internet.

http://www.captainsherlock.com/Olympic-Debt/Chapter-9.html

The following morning, 18 June, 2009, ALPA asked through my counsel if I would settle Civil Case 1:08-1600 (RMC) for $1.3M. I suggested that it would be resolved in court.

After your review of the two lawsuits filed and perhaps a perusal of Chapter 9 you wish to contact me it would be my honor, as well as my duty, to seek justice in the case of my three fellow Airbus pilots at AF447 and their passengers who should not have been victims of a hull loss in June, 2009.

This link will take you to an excellent article which appeared in the Washington DC Examiner regarding Senator Dorgan and the suppressed testimony of 4 career pilots with unblemished credentials.
Update: “FAA is still ignoring the warnings”: Who the Aviation Subcommittee WON’T call to testify


Best Regards,

Captain Field McConnell
+001 715 307 8222
avalonbeef@msn.com

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