> And yet, good people, in good airplanes, depart on a course of action
>that, from a historical perspective, is called "flawed and fatal". Did the
>crew, the "group", think that they were well-planned for the flight, or did
>someone have a doubt, but not insert skepticism into the group's plan?
> Can "group-think" be countered by "aggresive skepticism"?
>
>Greg Deen
>Raytheon
>
=======I can't help but think back to all the military flying where the
common expression is "first one in the air is the leader". There were many
situations where the takeoff happened well before the pilots/navs were up to
speed on exactly what - where- when was all sorted out. I think that this
could be construed as a precursor to accidents but is almost a normal pilot
syndrome to which they get used to over the early years. Experienced pilots
can work their way out of the ensuing problems but sometimes the young/new
pilots get overloaded and lose it. It might be fun to poll some other
fighter pilots and see how there thoughts are relative to airline pilot
thoughts on this matter. I know that I have done a lot of flight planning
in the air that should have been done well before takeoff...time constraints
being the driver.
Reid Fairburn
Creative Kingdom, Inc.
cr_king_at_seanet.com
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