Following the accident, the pilot reported that their biggest lesson was not to hesitate during emergency procedures. They believed that their doubt in the veracity of the warning resulted in their hesitation while completing the four engine fire drill (memory) actions, resulting in them missing the step to feather the propeller.
Agreed, this would have to be one of the most bone jarring paragraphs I have read in a long time. And, if gender discretion is required, it could have simply been written thus (which is still just as clunky, but keeping the same sentence structure):
"The biggest lesson the pilot reported following the accident was not to hesitate during emergency procedures. The pilot believed that initial doubt in the veracity of the warning resulted in hesitation whilst completing the four engine fire drill (memory) actions, subsequently resulting in missing the step to feather the propeller."
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Carson: May I take it that you think "The Priest and the Acolyte" was not immoral?
Wilde: It was worse; it was badly written.