Although I do not appreciate the Speccie's constant adoration and worship of Rupert Murdoch, I very much enjoy reading Rory Sutherland's column.
For a non-aviator I have to say that he has some good insight on how a pilot learns through practice.
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I would opine that just like many great "saves" in aviation history, that his day in the barrel going into the Hudson was forged long before in a simulator, at a glider port, or a 100 other experiences that he had in his career.
I sadly believe this thread will be in danger of being hijacked into a young verus old argument (which I will ignore although I think 65 is more than time to set aside the tools of the trade) whereas it should really be about how we train, how we learn, and what we do with the experiences we accumulate. I was glad to see Sutherland, from outside the industry, pay a respect to that and how it should also be a guiding mind-set in a lot of other areas of our lives.