Well done to SD on putting her hand up and recounting her experiences. Have met the Lady and briefly talked about the subject. Not only does she admit making some mistakes and judgement errors but she has learnt from it. Thankfully this had a happy ending and if both she and others can learn from it then great.
It’s obvious from the posts who the real pilots are and those that pretend or play at it. The real ones happen to be here having some empathy with this particular Lady. They have experiences that have followed a series of events and found themselves somewhere they really don’t want to be. As it’s been said before, there by the grace of God etc…
Sadly some pilots haven’t made it and that will continue to happen, but experiences like this continue to highlight that we are fallible, despite our propensity to learn. Hopefully improving technology, training and increased emphasis on the decision making and mission management will reduce these sort of incidents to a thing of the past.
(Wishful thinking methinks as there are still too many ignorant “can’t happen to me, what does she think she was doing?”, types out there. Are you one of them??)