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A lot of these recent errors are *pilot* error.

Dunning-Kruger effect

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Perhaps even worse is the guilt of knowing this pilot just confessed his final intentions to you, thinking he was communicating fully and clearly, and you had to ask for a say again because you didn't catch it.

I appreciate the reco, and it sent me to the library for a copy. I'm selective about what I sit down to read or watch, and there are only a handful of movies, albums, or books that I've given up on before I finished. This came to be one of them. I'm about 1/3 through, and I won't take anymore...

But they're not very snug, and that makes a difference.

Something something "First, fly the plane"

According to Gryder, it seems extremely doubtful the pilot had *any* solo IMC time in the type. Yet there he was, and with passengers.

Everybody thinks somebody else has already called.

Literally came here to post this. Almost everybody at age 21 is nowhere near capable of the kind of better judgment they acquire within just a few years.

Hopefully none of the Commemorative Museum's warbirds or exhibits were damaged.

I'm starting to feel like the Titan Sub applied a more thorough design/engineering/manufacturing process than Boeing did with the 767.

. Interesting investigation!

You don't say? https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/737-down-off-honolulu.132943/

Hydroplaning is directly related to tire pressure, doesn't matter the weight or size of the vehicle. The higher the tire pressure, the more resistant to hydroplaning, there's even a formula for it: (sq rt of the tire pressure) x 9 = hydroplaning MPH. So my question is, does Honda specify a...