Its easy to feel invulnerable as a pilot by dismissing all aviation
accidents as the result of a stupid action that you would not take.
Its not until you discover pilots with greater judgement than yourself
have died that you rethink that.

-Robert


Invulnerable? Where does that apply to me? I know that my abilities
and training are not as good as many so I make up for that with a
conservative approach to flying.

I don't fly in the mountains at night.

I don't fly near thunderstorms.

I don't fly in icing conditions.

I avoid the mountains when the winds are too high for me.

I don't risk running out of fuel.

I suspect that many of those you cite with supposedly greater
judgement who died are in fact people with more hours and training but
seriousdy screwed up judgement that killed them.

Ron Lee