Another 'victory' for style over substance.
Pilots recognise role of 'learning from other people's mistakes' in improving aviation safety.
Pilots cobble together relevant stories and analysis on back of cigarette packet and distribute widely. Content eagerly read and distributed by aviators.
Production of digest partly handed over to literary and publishing types to correct pilot spelling and replace cigarette packet with paper.
Production empire grows with relevance of material inversely proportional to gloss and advertising content.
Paper copy disappears, literary and publishing types move on to online version, their non-flying futures safe and secure.
There is a story of a 3SQN chap in WW1 who was about to convert onto the RE8 which had a reputation for spinning. Pilots did not really know what spinning was all about aerodynamically in those days and so there was some concern amongst the lads about taking on the new aircraft. Our hero was getting onto a truck to take him into the local English village and noticed a mimeographed scrap of paper on the floor titled ' Spinning the RE8'. It simply read:
"if in a spin, close the throttle and place the controls in a neutral position."
Substance beats Style