As I read the Aspen Accident briefing I noticed multiple contributing factors that lead to the accident. Firstly the crew let the pressure from "the boss" get to them and influenced some of their decisions to keep going on the approach instead of going missed and continuing to the alternate. Another possible contributing factor, was allowing one of the passengers into the jump seat during the highest workload part of the flight. One other one was the crews situational awareness, for the co-pilot thought that the runway was to their right when in fact it was to their left.
As for the error chain I believe that this started even before the flight began, when "the boss" put the pressure on the crew to complete the flight and land in Aspen. It then continued as the crew let the passenger sit in the jump seat, therefore making the crew even more aware of the clients "get there itis". Then the chain continued even further when they decided to shoot the approach after the Challenger's had both previously gone missed. The last error that I believe took place in this chain of events was the crews decision to keep going with the approach even when they found themselves situationally unaware.
I believe that if I found myself in this same situation and my job was on the line I would have followed many of their same steps up until I heard that the Challenger's went missed on their approaches. At that point I would have gone directly to the alternate. With passengers I think that it is very important to make sure that they know their wants are important, but also let them know that you are the one making the decisions.
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