Originally Posted by
bigboeings
In my experience the paranoid pilots are the ones who have the majority of incidents or accidents. It boils down to insecurities they have. On the surface they appear to be cautious and " by the book ", but ultimately they are afraid of screwing up, something we all do from time to time. Time to get some character and man up.
Yes, I've seen that too... people who had a history of carpet dances for operational issues tended to be uptight in the cockpit. PTSD or maybe they were just on double-secret probation.
But that's a different animal than people who are afraid of getting in trouble for HR stuff.