The ATSB has defended the MH370 search tender process and the capabilities of Fugro Survey Pty Ltd which has been performing much of the required scanning of the sea floor in prioritised areas of the southern Indian Ocean.

That response can be read here.

It seems both fair and reasonable. However it is also fair to hold that the chief commissioner of the ATSB, Martin Dolan, will need to manage the the ocean floor search much better than he managed the disgraceful and botched ATSB inquiry into the Pel-Air crash, or his severely criticised evidence before a Senate Committee inquiry into the Pel-Air inquiry process, or his most Senate appearance in relation to failing to fully investigate a three hour ground radar blackout involving Melbourne’s main Tullamarine and Essendon Airports.