Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:16 am
#1783814
Thank you.
My first delusion is that I accept that I am human therefore not better at avoiding being delusional than the next person - I am acutely aware of my fallability and try to mitigate against that by using some processes which (hopefully) will close some holes in the cheese. That there are still unknown unknowns is almost a given.
There is of course a point beyond which further mitigation/avoidance becomes the usual diminished return on investment - but using, what I think are reasonable, precautionary measures is not unsensible, I think.
There is always a balance to be struck - the best way to avoid a GA accident is not taking part, but then there is also not the opportunity to have the experience and pleasure from doing just that.
And as I am aware of my fallability I always consider any flight where nothing went wrong only partially successful, no doubt something did go wrong, I made a mistake, I forgot something etc.; I just will not have noticed it and that is of course a failing in itself.
My first delusion is that I accept that I am human therefore not better at avoiding being delusional than the next person - I am acutely aware of my fallability and try to mitigate against that by using some processes which (hopefully) will close some holes in the cheese. That there are still unknown unknowns is almost a given.
There is of course a point beyond which further mitigation/avoidance becomes the usual diminished return on investment - but using, what I think are reasonable, precautionary measures is not unsensible, I think.
There is always a balance to be struck - the best way to avoid a GA accident is not taking part, but then there is also not the opportunity to have the experience and pleasure from doing just that.
And as I am aware of my fallability I always consider any flight where nothing went wrong only partially successful, no doubt something did go wrong, I made a mistake, I forgot something etc.; I just will not have noticed it and that is of course a failing in itself.
Frank Voeten
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