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Old 11th Jul 2014, 08:03
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Maybe.

Maybe not.

The report doesn't state pilot stupidity as a cause (or 'contributing factor').

I haven't met too many pilots that I'd consider stupid.

A decision might look stupid in hindsight, but wouldn't it be more helpful if more energy were focussed on investigating what causes otherwise competent and intelligent people to make a decision that seemed to them to be a good decision at the time?

If the implicit message in all these kinds of reports is "stupid pilot", why bother investigating the accident?
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