Originally Posted by
Nubian
I think you should stop looking at it as a “good pilot-bad pilot” generalisation.
The point we are trying to make is that earlier you said **** happens, and no fancy equipment as you call it or risk assessment would make a difference to that…
So accidents are just **** happens.,, that why they are called accidents as you say.
If this is your honest opinion, then you have survived this long based on luck and probably not too much exposure (hours in the air)
If Sully makes a fatal mistake tomorrow, he is generally not a bad pilot, but he has then made a fatal mistake that he can not live with!! Only issue with this is that he is this old for a reason, although I am sure that he has made lots of mistakes in his career… but not fatal ones. I’m sure as **** he has not classified many of the mistakes as **** happens, besides the moment he is most known for…. That was a **** happens example and quite a lot of luck saved their lives.
Get the point??
No, I don't get your point.
My chain of bad decisions the day I almost died, was in spite of my knowing that what I was doing was a bad idea. It wasn't overconfidence, I just turned off my brain because I was overcome by "get the job done" itis. Why did I do that? I don't really know? Why do good pilots sometimes make bad decisions? **** happens, that's why.
Get the point?