Exceptional Aircrew
I go with Tiger 16 on this one. Certainly on my side of the three flying services those who fly SF are specially selected. My guess is the that the other two Servives do the same. There is an old saying about exceptional pilots which goes something like:-
"An exceptional pilot is one who uses his exceptional knowledge and expirience to avoid situations which will require his exceptional skill"
My guess is that some of these 'accidents ' were when some of the 'exceptional' qualities were missing. This is then a Command problem - don't send a boy out to do a man's job.
LB