Without in any way wishing to ally myself with Wageslave's "little moment"...
I am troubled by a piece pf phrasing that pops up in a couple of posts.
s_t_b - "Nobody (intentional acts of destruction aside) sets out routinely to cause an incident or accident."
CoMB - "It is also reasonable to say that very few pilots go to work with the intention of making a significant error of judgement."
That is a low-rent, low-bar, passive standard. A five-year-old can get into a cockpit without "the intention of making an error."
A
pilot needs a more assertive attitude: "Today, the world will throw all kinds of $%*# at me - the NOTAMs will be unintelligible, ATC will be obtuse, other pilots will cut corners, the electrons will go haywire, the weather will conspire against me, the bits of cement will be indistinguishable, and I'm not too sure about the guy/gal in the other seat - but I
will overcome all obstacles, prevail, and finish the job competently and safely!"
That does not mean one has to be cynical or bitter or scared (skeptical, yes) - one can be a "happy warrior," taking joy in every successful ploy to outwit The Hunter (Fate). And when one arrives safely, and looks back on a flight where, in fact, most things went right, say "Hunh! That was actually a pretty good day!"