A terrible accident and my prayers are for those who lost their lives and to those left behind... As an outsider looking in to the avation industry, what effect does this crash have on pilots flying the same type of aircraft? Is there now a loss of confidence in the plane you are flying or maybe there is a "there for the grace of God" attitude. How do you deal with something like this?
Whenever there is an accident, or an incident for that matter, all aviation professionals, pilots, mechanics (engineers in British parlance), air traffic controllers and others are highly interested in finding out what caused it so that it can be avoided in the future. We don't dwell on it, we simply go about finding the cause. To dwell on it would render us unfit to take on the next flight just as a surgeon can't dwell on the potential consequences of making a mistake. Aviation safety has improved dramatically since the days of the Wright Brothers due to professionalism.