Another shocking hit-piece by Bob Cox against Bell/Textron and the V22. Since he cant find anything new to try and malign he has to dig up old dirt and try to keep these decade old events in the forefront of the media.
Its a tragedy whenever anyone perishes during flight testing. I agree that the term "pilot error" has harsh implications...but it is not actually what was ruled. Read the article: "A Marine spokesman, Capt. Brian Block, said the finding of "human factors" as the cause of the accident should not be equated with pilot error or blaming the pilots."
So if the marines themselves say that "human factors should not be equated with pilot error", why does anyone else?
As an aside, can we all agree at least that anything written by Bob Cox regarding the V22 is going to be anything but objective?