"So are you saying that Pilot/Maintenance/Human Error is a metaphor for NEGLIGENCE?
Can anyone recall an aircraft accident solely caused by human error?"
Human error pilot:
Emirates EK407 - wrong data entered into computer
The Airbus at the Paris airshow - pilot switched off the safety computers
Human Error engineer:
BA 5390 - engineer fitted wring screws to window, 2nd engineer did the same
JAL 123 - engineers incorrectly repaired the pressure bulk head
Human error pilot & engineer:
Olympic - classic train of errors, engineers left valve open, pilots ignored the warning.
Tuniair - Sicily 2005 - pilot prayed in stead of doing emergency drills, engineers didn't fit a bit correctly
And as for "Human Error is a metaphor for NEGLIGENCE" no it's not and with an attitude like that I feel sorry for anyone who works with you or for you. An error, (one of many) is just one part of a chain of events leading to an event. Negligence is acting in a manner that is likely, or you know could lead to an event in it's own right.
Or you could just wiki negligence and read what it says...