Originally Posted by
olster
I think the point (presumably) he is trying to make is that he would not have crashed due to superior flying skill. Basically rubbish of course.
Yes. We have some pilots here who are quite certain that, "It wouldn't have happened to me." This, in the face of what are now mountains of evidence suggesting that it could easily have happened to anyone. Confidence is a good thing for professionals to have. Arrogant over-confidence is scary and dangerous.