I’m gonna backup CA Renter a little bit. Not only are airplanes complex, but after all they *contain* human beings inside them (the pilots) with all *their* complexity. Further, there is the complexity of interactions of the pilots with other humans, such as other pilots and air traffic controllers. Further there is the small matter of weather…
One thing that the FAA/NTSB seems to do a little differently, is that when there is an accident, they try to determine root cause and ensure that that kind of accident can’t happen again. Not always possible to do that (e.g. pilot stupidity), but they try.
So remember the case of Dennis Quaid’s kids that were given a huge OD?
According to the article, the *parents* are now going to go on a campaign to prevent this from happening again. The parents? How lame that they should have to do that.
This accidednt should have *already* been made almost impossible to occur due to previous accidents of that type. And I think that is part of CA Renter’s point.
Now is tort reform the best way to “encourage learning”? Not sure.
