Originally Posted by
cornbeef007
Don't even kid yourself.......I'm not a religious man, but it was by the grace of god that the Delta Atlanta taxiway incident was not a total disaster. American in Jamaica, Continental in Denver, Alaska in Kodiak and many more. These were all luck my friend, don't toss stones in glass houses.
Apples to crabapples. While a mistake, its a major stretch to say that they would have just landed on top of airplanes. While the incidents you mention did in deed require some luck, how many regional incidents have there been in the same time period?
The fact is there is more pilot pushing, longer days, higher cycles, worse rest rules and generally less experience at all critical levels compared to majors. That said, of course an accident could happen anywhere at anytime. But the regionals push the envelope of safety even more because of the nature of their low bidder cost structure especially when pilot costs and staffing are one of, if not their biggest, "controllable" costs to get the next bid.