Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
And pilots of airliners with 15,000 hours have crashed, too. The point is initial and continuing training, air discipline in following the regulations and good sense and basic altitude matter more. Numerous busts, run-ins with the law, and failure to abide the regs and an airplane will even the score. Not only Colman, but Pinnacle 3407 and the recent TEB Lear 35 accident show an airplane will weed the incompetent or lax.
GF
You hit the nail on the head. Many pilots don't or can't remember many US Airline accidents in the 70's, 80's and 90's involving pilots and crews with far more than 15,000 hours. Since checkrides are very subjective, no one has ever explained to me how do you pass a checkride and then crash a plane?