Originally Posted by
Torquetalk
And yet it is a human quality that can save the day: a little humility. Had the captain not dismissed out of hand the question regarding the clearance the accident would probably not have happened. Even with CRM, such arrogance remains an everyday hazard up front. Challenge and dismiss is alive and well. It is a hazardous attitude and neither safe nor inevitable.
Well said.
I learned from the Tenerife disaster and many other accidents:
The difference between monkey and man: A monkey learns from his own mistakes, man learns from other’s mistakes.
I practiced humility and never scratched a plane after 37 years of aviating and navigating including 15 on the B-747 Classic.
Can’t imagine Tenerife, worst possible nightmare for everyone involved, the KLM plane roaring down the runway full nose
up trying to lift of before hitting the Pan-Am 747 striking the tail on the concrete.
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