Originally Posted by archangel7
for such a sophisticated aircraft like that to suddenly lose control on take off with 2 highly experienced pilots for no apparent reason makes no sense. Even if they where conducting EFATO drills this shouldnt happen. The Brasilia has gauranteed performance with one engine on T/O... Obviously Something terribly went wrong.This could not be pilot error. Without a doubt, mechanical failure!!!
You're kidding, right? You have to be. A true professional is never as arrogant, or closed-minded...
Afterall, with such a sophisticated aircraft as the 737, with 3 arguably more experienced pilots up the front, to fly into the ground at Schipol for no apparent reason makes no sense. It shouldn't happen. The 737 has guranteed performance with two engines on approach. Obviously something went wrong, yadda yadda yadda...
Get the point? No matter your experience level, you're not immune to screwing up, and if you think you are, more fool you...
As has been said, nothing in aviation is guranteed and if you try to extract such "guranteed" performance from an airplane that may or may not be capable of delivering such performance due to any number of issues (be it age, engine/prop wear & inefficiency and so on), instead of looking at the bigger picture, and putting the airplane down as softly as you can wherever you happen to be, then you are always entertaining the risk of becoming another statistic instead of simply the walking wounded.