Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
On the contrary, I think that the consequences (both actual and potential) of an action are a pretty good basis for forming a judgement.
For yourself, surely yes. For a discussion with others, no. Bias - including your own - is a distorting eye-glass, we can watch the very same thing for hours on end, we won't get a useful discussion, let alone a common conclusion, if we don't consider the effect of our different bias.
This already happens in this thread
Those biased towards landing in public places, will downplay the risks and inflate the skills of the pilot.
Those biased towards NOT landing in public places, will inflate the risks and attribute successful outcomes to luck.
There is limited hope for any common conclusion or agreement on how to act in a similar situation.
By the way, if a specific case gets into court, the judge will try to look at the events through the "legal eye-glasses", too, rather than the perspective of airmanship or moral obligations.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...pilot-portugal