A nice read, despite me knowing nothing about the sport. Many good thoughts about risk we could heed in SE and cybersecurity. The primary determinant of failur

A nice read, despite me knowing nothing about the sport. Many good thoughts about risk we could heed in SE and cybersecurity. The primary determinant of failure is bad decision making, not skill, experience or equipment. In the absence of feedback, bad decisions look like good ones, because we get away with them, and that reinforces risk taking. The author suggests that reflective practice is a key to improvement but most of us don't think over our actions - we just constantly "get away with" the outcomes. One thing made me laugh; "...respectable occupations of many hang glider pilots; doctors, lawyers, computer programmers." The social commentary hasn't dated so well :)