Originally Posted by
NoStep
Ha! I know...funny how some boneheads always turn it into a regional-vs.-major argument.
I'm glad to know some major/military pilots who respect the hell out of the tough job regional pilots do...multiple times a day in all conditions.
"USMCFlyer" posted an excellent point on a similar thread to extract the "who" from this learning experience and focus on the "what and why" (paraphrased).
Another learning example (a-la Sully & Skiles) might be the crew who aborted landing a few years ago because, if memory serves me, during the flair something didn't "feel" right even though all cockpit indications were normal, (their gear wasn't down/locked)...think it was an Am. Eagle ERJ crew?
Just reminds me that no matter how mind-numbingly routine the job can become, to fight complacency. You never know when you're going to have "That Day" in your aviation career...unless you're Tim Martins!
Funny how pilots will always elevate themselves above the esteem of their own peers. I guess that does hand in hand with arrogance.
I have actually flown with captains who have said that Sully may have done a good job with the emergency, but he still hit the birds. Then they go off on this lecture about how preventing the bird strike in the first place would have been even better.
I must have missed the wildlife evasive maneuver lesson when I was training to be a pilot.