Originally Posted by
strake
How much lower can humanity go? 20 years ago, we would have quietly kept our thoughts to ourselves about these poor people and waited to hear why such a tragedy happened. Now, their remains are discussed like carrion on the roadside. On newspaper websites, we see pictures of pixilated bodies and on TV, reporters breathlessly describe what might have occurred in dramatic and horrifying detail. What is it going to be like in ten years time?
What you are seeing a little of is the conversation that happens (or should happen) in any crew room. What could have caused an upset or crash is an immediate discussion topic. That is usually followed by what-if discussions with those experienced in the upset and recovery describing what they did or saw done to the less experienced. It is a way of learning about aviation without having to experience the emergency yourself. Then these ideas may be trialled in sim rides or the events added to sim rides so everyone learns from something that happened. Every accident and incident is and must be a learning experience; otherwise they may be unthinkingly repeated. Of course there will be speculation about what could go wrong but that only adds to the broadening of the knowledge base and increases understanding. In many places it can clear misconceptions both technical and interpersonal.
This is not a gruesome rubbernecking at an accident, this is people some of who fly the same type of aircraft in the same or similar environment getting their heads around the issues involved and assisting everyone to understand what could have gone wrong and, when the eventual reports of what is in the DFDR/CVR are published, there will be another burst of learning.
It may not be apparent to people not in the industry, but this forum greatly increases flight safety, by increasing awareness of issues and bringing in experts in the various disciplines who provide in depth knowledge of rare events and aircraft and systems capabilities and often long experience in aviation.
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