Originally Posted by
megan
The vast majority of accidents come about because of decisions made in the cockpit, the question is why they made those decisions, if we just hang it on the crew we learn nothing. Management prefers that all fingers point to the crew.
Megan, I fully understand that and I have been formally trained in air accident investigation at a well known institution. However, I have also spent enough time in cockpits, and simulator instructor operating stations, to know that at some point there is a limit to how diluted and shared the accountabilities can be made, in some incidents.