What is good judgement – or conversely bad judgement; only the outcome might tell. If only we could see the outcome before taking action.
I like this....it sums it up nicely. The outcome can't be seen ahead of time but what sets us apart is our ability to learn from the outcome of others...figure out how it happened, and learn to recognize when we are in a similar situation so we can avoid repeating the things that led to the error.
When guys like Aterpster just hang the guys who make mistakes and assume they are simply better than that they do no service to themselves or other pilots. This sounds more like professional resentment rather than professional assessment. I see what this is really about now. So TWA pilots got a raw deal...a lot of us did.
And yes...he is being arrogant. I don't know those other guys he was slamming, I just thought it was inappropriate.