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Old 20th Aug 2017, 19:28
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Originally Posted by CurtainTwitcher
liondel, how about taking it to the next level? Learning from others close calls & mistakes should be in our DNA

My hope is that there are many of us are now flying around with awareness of another potential "failure mode". I certainly am.

A punishment model is rarely the optimum method for imparting knowledge. Motivated professions learn much better when they seek to understand weaknesses in themselves and the system. A disciplinarian view of the world discourages this type of true evaluation in my experience.
To those seeking discipline in this event, read the above--it describes how aviation became the safest means of transporting us around.
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