"Private" wrote in message
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_gawande

It includes comments on the need for checklists during the testing of the
Boeing 229 / B17.


Yeah, that's kind of a banner example. The Flying Fortress almost didn't
exist because of "pilot error." (Although I've always wondered if they
blamed the pilots for a glitch in order to salvage an otherwise-promising
contract.)



-c