Humming frog
That is just the attitude that I'm talking about, "Surely that is an American problem"...
Doesn't seem to stop anyone else around the world having the same accidents, it's just as soon as it happens in the UK, you guys all go on the defense and personally attack anyone that disagrees with you.
Nothing is an individual country or industry segment problem. Every accident affects every one of us that is in, or wants to be in this industry. A single engine accident in the USA ripples through the entire helicopter community, like it or not, what they do affects us, what you do affects us, and what we do affects you.
Sorry, but everyone makes errors every single day, the idea is to ensure that those errors don't do harm or kill someone, and where possible minimize or eliminate those errors. We see that with two pilot, twin, ifr machines flying in the NS, as that is how they can reduce the risk, but the guy that made the error at the end of the day, put the machine in the drink, into the hill, or upside down in the trees.
To call it Pilot Error, certainly focuses the pilots mind, and he has a great influence on safety in this industry, calling it system failure or management failure lets it get washed over, and not hurt anyone's feelings....