There are few events in modern life that exceed the news making potential of an aircraft crash; regardless of make or model. Quite often we have two choices:
1. Tell the powers that be, we cannot do the job because of factors a, b & c; don't make the news!
2. Tell the powers that be, we'll give it a bash, ignoring factors a, b & c. Don't get the job done; make the news, big time. Get no support from those above you, allow the BOI to make sense of your decisions and your actions, allow some poor sod to tell your wife and kids you're not going to sign down the aircraft.
You can apply fatigue or skill to options above, given that skill-fade, due to lack of training opportunities, experience levels diminish (as our experienced pilots’ haemorrhage), is a prevalent as fatigue due to over work and under-manning. More pressure is placed upon our aircrew now, than at any time in my (meagre) 18 years of aviation. People will forget that you said "you couldn't do it" a lot quicker than if you proved you couldn't do it.
What we do is inherently dangerous. Stay safe, regardless of aircraft make and model.
