Re: Tom Knauff's newsletter

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.
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