G Farris wrote:

In article f1mIf.555301$084.131444@attbi_s22,
says...


However, if one makes errors that result in crashing, one is a REALLY "Bad
Pilot". If I were to crash as the result of making a poor decision, or
because of inadequate piloting skills, I would expect -- no, DEMAND -- that
you guys rip me to shreds posthumously for being a "Bad Pilot" -- because
that's exactly what I would have been.

Where's the debate?




That's sophmoric, Jay. You know better.

The Air France captain who ran out of runway in Toronto last year - is he a
BAD pilot? Or has he been downgraded even further now, to REALLY BAD pilot?
Or perhaps, since no one was killed he is only a "pretty bad" pilot.

Yes, a pilot who lands halfway down the runway and then runs off the end
is definitely a bad pilot. A good pilot would have aborted the
landing and come back again or diverted somewhere else.


I am not trying to ridicule you - only to underscore what I think you already
know : The quality of our action cannot be judged solely on the basis of the
result.

This is because we are all imperfect, and make mistakes and misjudgements all
the time - not just once in a while. Every time you fly, Jay, you make
mistakes. I'll go further - I'll bet almost every time you fly you make
misjudgements serious enough to have killed other pilots, on other days, in
other places . . . I'll bet the Air France guy makes fewer of these.

So he's a bad pilot less often than Jay. What's your point?

Matt