Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
In flying, "almost" doesn't count (something I've said for years). You can probably turn around your same scenario and say that there are far more "almost" scenarios with regionals that we don't hear about. The NTSB and others gather data from many sources and make these conclusions.
Sure, OK. Remove the almost case, and insert AA in Colombia and LIT, feel better? The taxi way landings DIDN'T almost happen, they happened. Flaming out the 76 engines DIDN'T almost happen, it happened.
And to turn around your scenario, you could say there's an incredible amount of "almost" scenarios with majors/legacies, LCC's, freight companies, whatever that we DON'T heard about as well.
Still stand by my point, the higher experienced pilots can kill people just as well as the lower experienced. Hasn't changed.