The Garuda Indonesia 737 landed at 221 knots, or 87 knots too fast, overran the runway, broke apart and exploded in flames.

Not so many years ago CAL pulled something similar in a DC9 at IAH. CA's disregard for the cklist resulted in not getting the hydraulics set for landing, and the ldg gear did not extend. He landed it fast and gear up, and the FO let him do it. While we are much better in this country than when I started in this industry (25 years) we are not yet perfect. I'd say that while we have come a long way it's too soon to get smug about our accomplishments