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Shirl:
Bad pilots and bad maintenance exist, sure ... but accidents can and do occur in the most meticulously maintained aircraft flown by "extraordinarily safe" pilots too. You shouldn't make any assumptions about pilots or maintenance every time there is a crash. Mxsmanic wrote: I'm just going by the numbers. Random, unavoidable mechanical or other failures are quite rare as causes of accidents, even in GA aircraft. Not as rare as you assume. Most accidents are avoidable, either with a better pilot or a more carefully maintained aircraft, or both. There are PLENTY of carefully maintained aircraft that have problems and failures, some resulting in accidents and some not. The concept you aren't understanding is that mechanical failure is not necessarily an indication of poor/careless/inadequate maintenance, and in fact, more frequently than you believe, things go wrong even on airplanes that are vigilantly maintained. Bottom line, even though you and your mechanic do everything humanly possible, there is simply no way to assure an aircraft isn't going to have a problem. |
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