Comments on: Two steps forward, one big step back… http://noticetoairmen.com/pirep/87/two-steps-forward-one-big-step-back/ Sharing a lifelong love of aviation Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:08:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: RichC http://noticetoairmen.com/pirep/87/two-steps-forward-one-big-step-back/#comment-590 RichC Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:56:23 +0000 http://noticetoairmen.com/pirep/87/two-steps-forward-one-big-step-back/#comment-590 I enjoy reading your blog and attention to pilot professionalism. We all know that there is a segment that continues to reinforce the perception that pilots are cocky and smug .... and that some don't seem to care all that much about their our flying privileges. (GA in particular is under regular attack) A relative of mine is an aviation lawyer and regularly paints an ugly picture of irresponsible pilots when they screw up. From stories of inappropriate 'recorded' cockpit conversations just plain stupid "I can do this" attitudes ... listening to him doesn't give one much confidence in the industry policing their own. Normally his cases are higher profile commercial oriented disasters, but over Christmas we discussed an accident closer to home (few miles away) that he is handling. From my position, Its a terrible event to lose three local pilots, but gets uglier when the attorneys want to place the blame on one guy. My brother-in-law might be correct that there was carelessness on the part of the returning pilot, but to me it was much more as a high wing / low wing situation. Thoughts? http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20070518X00587&key=2 I enjoy reading your blog and attention to pilot professionalism. We all know that there is a segment that continues to reinforce the perception that pilots are cocky and smug …. and that some don’t seem to care all that much about their our flying privileges. (GA in particular is under regular attack)

A relative of mine is an aviation lawyer and regularly paints an ugly picture of irresponsible pilots when they screw up. From stories of inappropriate ‘recorded’ cockpit conversations just plain stupid “I can do this” attitudes … listening to him doesn’t give one much confidence in the industry policing their own. Normally his cases are higher profile commercial oriented disasters, but over Christmas we discussed an accident closer to home (few miles away) that he is handling. From my position, Its a terrible event to lose three local pilots, but gets uglier when the attorneys want to place the blame on one guy. My brother-in-law might be correct that there was carelessness on the part of the returning pilot, but to me it was much more as a high wing / low wing situation. Thoughts?
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20070518X00587&key=2

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