Originally Posted by
mad_jock
Personally I am quite interested in the results of everyone in Europe having to have the yearly IR test and if this produces a noticeable effect in lose of control incidents EU v US.
Why would you expect to see any changes in loss of control accidents? Loss of control by rated pilots in the US or Europe is very rare (and normally associated in the US with severe convective activity or icing). The main issue is failure to follow the approach or departure procedure.
My understanding is the private IFR accident rate is similar US vs Europe despite the much more extensive use of night flying in the US. US corporate aviation is substantially safer than European AOC charter, and there is no known statistical safety gap between Nreg European IFR operations and EASA IFR operations (not withstanding the possible issues raised by this specific incident)