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You know how many plane crashes are not the fault of human error? Very few. I have a friend that investigates planet crashes. He’s told me that between pilot
by watertom 9y ago
You know how many plane crashes are not the fault of human error? Very few.
I have a friend that investigates planet crashes. He’s told me that between pilot error, human error, hubris, flying when conditions are too dangerous, poorly trained or sloppy mechanics only about about 1% really can’t be classified as being caused by humans. He said the stats are a bit skewed because like any organization that reports on human performance they’ve been influenced to be a bit “flexible” when assigning blame.
- NelsonMinar 9y agoSome of this is a quirk of how the NTSB reports accidents. For instance if a small plane suffers engine loss in flight, the cause of the accident will be listed as "failure of pilot to land the aircraft safely without power". Which is technically true, but most ordinary folks would blame the engine failure for the crash, not the pilot. It reflects a culture where the pilot is absolutely responsible for the aircraft and its passengers. That's the exact opposite of where the self-driving car industry is going.
- djsumdog 9y ago> planet crashes I want this job. Although I'm pretty sure all planet crashes would be the result of gravity.
- andrewprock 9y agoHuman error is distinct from driver/pilot error. It's possible (though quite unlikely) that there 0% pilot error in all plane crashes, and 99% human error. Given that plane auotpilots are roughly comparable with Tesla's autopilots, one wonders how many plane crashes have occurred while the plane was in autopilot, and what fraction of those crashes were attributed to pilot error.