At 22:31 30 June 2008, Bob Whelan wrote:
Nyal Williams wrote:
At 18:38 30 June 2008, Bill Daniels wrote:

Flying is highly Darwinian. As a pilot you must know two sets of
rules.

One
set is, of course, flying regulations. The other set is Mother
Nature's
laws - like gravity, weather and aerodynamics. Regulations are to
keep
you
safe. Mother Nature just wants to clean the gene pool. Cross Her and
She'll
kill you without mercy.

Bill Daniels
"If you can avoid the really stupid mistakes, what's left is
manageable."

On reflection, I believe we would all want pilot error to account for
100%
of the accidents. This would remove those accidents attributable to
equipment flaws and would make flying that much safer.

Hmmm...

I suspect many more pilots would (still be a)live in the 100% absence of

pilot-error-induced fatalities than the 100% absence of
equipment-induced fatalities.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to prevent both in my flying!

Regards,
Bob - perfection is not an option - W.

Absolutely! But there are those who think that an excuse exists if it can
be blamed on equipment. While I'm blundering about I don't want my
equipment to fail me.