On Jun 26, 9:11*pm, Ramy wrote:
Agh, I give up. Every attempt to try to say something about the need for better safety culture will encounter resistant from those who claim there is nothing wrong with the system and the only problem is the pilots. I guess this is their way of convincing themselves they safe since they will never do such mistakes themselves.
Good luck.

Ramy ( who does NOT need anyone to look after him)

One group of pilots here in the US believe that they are sufficiently
trained to avoid making the stupid errors that cause others to end up
in the accident reports. Any pilot who makes this sort of error and
crashes, obviously did not have the skills necessary to be safe in
this sport. A rigorous training regimen, taught only by elite
instructors, will provide training to levels sufficient to address all
possible circumstances encountered during soaring flight. This will
result in soaring being safer than any other form of aviation, at
least for the 100 or so pilots left.

A second group of pilots likely remember times when they were lucky to
recover from situations in which their skill and experience levels
were nearly overwhelmed. Say, things that sometimes happened at the
ends of long days of flying, perhaps aided by a bit of dehydration or
hypoxia, a bit distracted by encountering something unexpected, or
just a touch of complacency because they have final glide nailed. Add
a momentary lapse of situational awareness, missing the clue that
suggests things aren't going to work out quite as expected, etc., and
suddenly one is staring into the abyss. A greater willingness in the
community to talk honestly talk about mistakes that they and others
make, would lead to increased levels of safety. There is always going
to be some amount of risk, as humans are not perfect.

The obvious solution, of course, is for the pilots in the first group
to convince the pilots in the second group to retire from soaring ;^)

Marc