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Smart pilots.... I guess that helps to explain the statistics.
The National Transportation Safety Board has noted a cavalier attitude among pilots in Alaska, commonly called "bush syndrome."; seems that the NTSB is aware of it.
Oh well. I'll let you guys get back to talking about Boutique.
There is some truth to that. I flew for a while up there. Anything West of BET is pretty flat till you get to the coast. That means that some of the guys who think they really know the area will go up in weather that one would not down here in the lower 48. You can putt along at 200 feet and not hit anything for hours.
You can probably get away with that in the BET area. Go anywhere else in AK and its a different story. But a lot of guys cut their teeth out of BET and think they can do it elsewhere.
I think though things have gotten a lot better than they were and no one out there intentionally wants to crash.