Alouette 3: Beautifully said. Absolutely spot on.
Piltdown man: You aren't listening. I did NOT say he was a rotten apple, or a bad pilot. He was in fact an unassuming, considerate, very professional guy.
BUT - on that day and at that time, he dropped his guard. Please try to understand this. Using your comparisons: driving: Formula 1 drivers are the best of the bunch - you don't get better, yet they make mistakes and they are catastrophic. It has nothing to do with subliminal psychoanalytical, interdevelopmental breakdown or any other human factor gobbledy gook. The bloke messed up for 0.025 of a second and it cost him his life. Sh*t happens - we are not automatons. Get used to it and move onto something useful elsewhere in the industry where you can improve on.
RiP and all that.................
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