Originally Posted by John Smith
What's your point?
That I am bringing up a subject on which there is no data because there is a reluctance to look at this subject. We should go back 20 years and look at all accidents in which it was determined that the crew had some blame and look at what kind of flying background the crews had. Only then will we be able to determine if there is a correlation between crew experience and accident data.
The KLM pilot that you mention is the unwilling and posthumous father of modern day CRM by the way. He didn't lack experience but did lack much else....... That was a case where a great lesson was learned from an accident from which we all benefited, although there was initially a reluctance at KLM, to accept the report's conclusions about their poster boy captain.
Aviation arrived where it is today by learning from mistakes. Many mistakes have been made in the past, more are being done today and more will be made in the future. We must be ready to identify the mistakes, analyse them and take corrective action.
I think P2F is one such mistake......