Pilot Error ?
I am sure we are all aware that the vast majority of accidents are pilot error
But what classifies as pilot error?
Some situations are obvious! An aircraft over banks on base gets slow stalls and spins into the ground! Pilot error.
Pilot gets his navigation wrong and flies into mountain! Pilot error
But then we get aurcraft failures? Failures we are trained to deal with if we don't deal with those failures correctly pilot error ??
Engine fails after take off? If it crashes ? Pilot error ?
The guy is very unlucky and takes birds through both engines and crashes in the subsequent forced landing ? Pilot error ?
I am not surprised that the vast majority of accidents can be attributed to pilot error but then I cannot think of many situations other than a bomb or missile or non pilot induced structural failure which could not be made to fit the pilot error category ?what do you think
Should pilot error just be in a perfectly serviceable aircraft ? Or are we expected to handle failures and if so to what level of failures ?
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