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Old 25th Mar 2015, 22:19
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Does "experience with no accidents" mean a pilot is "safe"

It has been proposed elsewhere that a pilot who has not had an accident is more safe than one who has.

What do we think, is this so? Is the pilot who has had a couple of small "events", and learned from them to prevent the next, more safe that a pilot who has yet to learn, and have "the big one"?

I admit it, I've had a few, though I have never injured anyone, nor ended a plane's life. I think I'm somewhat safe, but another [small] event or two in my career will mean that I'm still out there flying, and learning....

Thoughts?
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