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Old 16th Nov 2015, 17:24
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The Old Fat One
 
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Without repeating what I said on the following link...

http://www.pprune.org/accidents-clos...ml#post9113936 post 10

...it is my opinion that the forum that needs the healthiest, full, open, frank and continuous discussion of accidents, often strays away from it.

I hold that opinion, because - from the aviators perspective - the purpose of accident discussion and reporting is to educate and inform. Without being in anyway derogatory about GA, it is where the biggest variance in piloting standards and abilities exists and therefore where training and reported experience will provide the most benefit.

For all sorts of different reasons, GA accident reports get a more emotive response than those in professional sectors. It is for precisely that reason that anything that diverts traffic away from accident discussion is a very bad thing.

GA accident discussions should be in the main private flyers forum, up close and personal in every users face, just as they are in the professional forums.

That's part of flying folks.

Posted purely for the purpose of trying to help somebody somewhere avoid an accident.

And for no other purpose whatsoever.
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