Originally Posted by
PiperCameron
That's easy: (a) Training and (b) Experience. And, so far as we know, the pilot in this accident had plenty of both.
As is often stated regarding military and ex-military aircraft: "If it's still flying, there's a checklist for that!"
a) magic training
b) magic experience
You've just given an answer without actually stating how any pilot can be trained or what experience they will get that will enable them to tell if the airframe has suffered something like a major structural failure, like a dangerous fracture. I can tell you what they'll do on the ground after any sort of inflight impact, they'll run through a barrage of non-destructive testing and visual inspections of the structure. What is the equivalent in the air? There is none.