Originally Posted by
Gulfasaurus
Hitting stationary objects like an RJ holding short of 8R? Or a Virgin Atlantic Airbus and flying all the way to Brazil with a floppy winglet?
How about landing in the grass in AMS being lucky the gear didn't rip off?
Or diverting to SYR at night with INOP runway edge lights?
I can keep going.
How about you get off y'all's high horse and admit that everyone makes mistakes at all seniority levels, regardless of whether or not you believe they're worthy of being in that seat. Then we can have an intellectually honest discussion about preventing incidents like this and the lessons learned.
That's one instance.
Did you bother to read what I wrote?
Yes, we have had multiple, that is many, of you young guys taxiing into things on the ground. It got so bad on a certain fleet the standards guys had to put out a fleet bulletin on how to taxi into the gate.