The Asiana problem is that some asian pilots are encouraged NOT to fly manually ever. There is a pprune forum post of an american instructor explaining how a v

The Asiana problem is that some asian pilots are encouraged NOT to fly manually ever. There is a pprune forum post of an american instructor explaining how a visual circuit flown in manual was the worst "emergency" he could set in a simulator. Up to the point that he failed one of the chef pilots in Asiana and they wanted to fire him. This seems to be a cultural thing, they ace the theory (really know all the manuals by heart), but are not allowed to think outside the box at all. This airmiss is important, but could only happen flying in manual and visual conditions. It's hard to ignore the sigthing of other planes in that conditions, even if you are confused about which strip you are aligned with. In my opinion it's much more dangerous taxing in a complex airport with fog. There is a real problem of runway incursions, that could be solved with better systems. I'll try to find the pprune post.