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Old 2nd Jan 2011, 05:20
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American is second worst when it comes to overall accidents/incidents per capita for major airlines. However it seems more so than other airlines with more accidents or incidents (like United) American has far many accidents caused by unstable approaches or improperly executed landings. I won't speak to their training as I've never received it, but from an outsider looking in there appears to be a problem.

Whether it's pressure to never go around or simply inexperienced pilots (and no, 10,000 hours is not AA average pilot experience) something is wrong. From where I'm sitting it looks to be either a failure of training or a failure of the pilots themselves.
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