I would hope that during my open heart surgery, the surgeon AND his
apprentice have studied the various and typical mistakes IN ADVANCE,
since the mistake could cost a life (e.g., mine), whereas the usual
training mistake in an aircraft usually has a 500 foot margine from a
fatal accident...at least the ones where my instructor said "I'm glad
you did that..." Usually when we were 200 feet from becoming an
accident and I made a mistake, my instructor's USUAL response was "I'VE
GOT IT!!!"

Still, a good read, thanks! FWIW, Risk MANAGEMENT has been the
approach in many Flight Test Organizations (where we do stupid things
to prove the airplane will work in extremis, so the line pilot doesn't
have to). There are studies under way to also work on THREAT
Management, a slightly different flavor ("How close do I want to get to
that other glider, mountain, etc.").

-Pete