Originally Posted by EternalNY1
"Yes, it can. If you are unable to do so you only lack imagination."
How does TWA 800 having a center fuel tank explode, or Alaska 261 having a jackscrew fail and flying upside down for a bit, or ValuJet 592 (the list goes on and on) have anything to do with pilot error?
Don't take my remark out of its context, please! I'm saying that, using
kenhughes' logic (not mine!),
everything (well, okay, at least
almost everything) can be attributed to pilot error. I'm also saying that this way of thinking is pointless and counter-productive if the goal is to increase safety. As I stated in the part of my post that you didn't quote, kenhughes is discrediting a perfectly sound suggestion to install a safety-enhancing device at LAX, because he thinks pilots just shouldn't make errors.
That's an old-fashioned, and ultimately dangerous, way of thinking that favours the assignment of blame over true progress in the safety of the aviation system.