Originally Posted by
The Nip
I agree, I believe this is now used as an excuse to avoid apportioning blame. During my driving test in Germany, it was explained to me that there is never an ‘accident’. There is always someone/something to blame. I agree.
If two holes in a cheese line up, is that the 'fault' of the first hole or the second hole?
The AAIB does not attempt to allocate blame, and nor should it.
More important is to identify an accident waiting to happen, and then to do something about it - even if this only amounts to a quiet word in the ear of an over-confident pilot.