Fred J. McCall wrote:
Peter Skelton wrote:

:On 8 Aug 2003 04:42:50 -0700, (Moggycat) wrote:
:
:Correction on behalf of Peter Rieden and co:
:
:"The Harrier is flown by some of the most dangerous pilots in the U.S.
:military today."
:
:It's a training problem - marines don't have to take perisher.

Then explain how over 2/3 of the major accidents are mechanical
failures and not human failures, if it's a pilot training problem.

well, there's no need to limit the blame to pilots, from the article in
question:

"The accident inquiry concluded that a circlip, a semicircular fastener,
was incorrectly installed by mechanics on the gas turbine starter,
setting off a chain reaction that led to the engine failure."