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Originally Posted by Joe Perkel
Rob,
Careful here, I know this subject is touchy even for the general pilot population. Analysis of one's own mistakes, as well as those of others is pretty powerful preventative medicine. Most folks, do not do well in self evaluation of thier own actions, the natural "fight or flight" response kicks in.
All of these accidents, and I mean all going back to antiquity, shine the spotlight on the decision chain. Our mental attitude, is the single most crucial element. As a former CFI yourself, I'm sure you'll agree.
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Joe,
I think you missed my point... I wasn't trying to be critical of anyone. I was more along with what Hank wrote later... that there is way to much info missing from that simple report to come to any conclusions about what happened. It seemed obvious to me at least that what was written in the report could not possibly be completely true... or at least needed more detail to make it a plausible explanation.
The only way for us to better understand what happened would be to have the pilot talk about the rest of the story... as unlikely as that would be.
What I was begining to see was not a critical self analysis... but instead a lot of "holy cow... how could he not have known!" or "How could he miss something so obvious..."
Generally, if someone, who would normally be considered reasonable, is doing something absolutely stupid... it is probably because they know something about the situation that you don't understand. Of course, sometimes they are just stupid... but I try to take a broader view before I rush to judgement (sometimes that approach is hard, especially when driving in Northern Virginia).
My point was that trying to draw lessons from this particular incident, with the info we had would be almost pointless (because we would all be guessing), unless we were blessed with a discussion with the pilot or were able to see all the data.
rob