Originally Posted by
Lala Steady
They haven't stopped because pilots keep on making crap decisions by thinking they are better than they are and will get away with it through superior skill.
Really?
When I went scudd-running into IIMC it was without an Instrument Rating in an R44, so "thinking that my superior skill will allow me to get away with it" was the furthest thing from my mind!
In fact, what I was thinking was, "****, they're gonna find my dead body wearing a "Land and Live" cap. Damn, that's gonna be embarrassing!"
Sometimes good pilots just make bad decisions, and its generally just dumb luck when we survive to tell the tale.