Originally Posted by
KayPam
I'm not sure accidents have nothing to do with the subject..
They show that a problem exists.
Have you ever seen a general aviation accident where the aircraft stalled from a high cruise altitude and never recovered ?
This does not mean, obviously, that general aviation is exempt from piloting errors, but they have much less training (PPL vs CPL or ATPL + TR), much less practise (average of 12 hours vs 600 hours per year), and only pilot required.
So flying errors are much more suprising for commercial aviation. It looks like we don't make the most of our advantages (two pilots, and potentially far higher practise)
I beg to differ. In 2019 in GA there were 1220 accidents out of which 233 were fatal. While agree to less frequency of flying and training but general aviation accidents in last few years are also freightning. Both pilots not qualified, check lists given go by, IMC to VMC VMC to IMC at will. About stall at altitude a mere knowledge of the attitude the aircraft flies at and in alternate law no instinctive action on the side stick is enough. Without aerodynamic damping it's very easy to cause upset. You cannot practice because of RVSM. Once outside envelope fear factor will come in compromising cognitive ability.