Ali Barber
thanks for the candid reply no offence meant or taken.
BigTop
Please dont get me started. I train people on AIB's. Been to DASC many many times.in the 1950, 60's 80% of accidents were caused by aircraft failure. We the carbon based items were always screwing up, but aircraft/technology/maintenance/servicing was the issue. We have done a lot to train our techies and cover their six with the technological advancements/quality sytems etc. We have done little, if anything to address the safety training issues. DRM is an established concept in commercial aviation and some military organisations, but the Brit military is still writing papers on how to implement it and when to implement it. We are 15 years behind some organisations.
80 % of accidents are, these days, caused by carbon based life forms - because of the swing in technology. The 80% figure can never be reduced. All we can do is try to reduce the numerical number of accidents each year. As technology and servicing techniques improve (and that is a science) then almost all accidents will be caused by CBLF's. Dont sit on a course watching some crash and smash vids going ooh, aagh, bu**er! and then come out with a statement that displays that you have no statistical understanding of the problem whatsoever.