It also depends on the severity of the consequences of the error. If people had died or been seriously injured in that water landing, I don't think Asoh's "I f

It also depends on the severity of the consequences of the error. If people had died or been seriously injured in that water landing, I don't think Asoh's "I fucked up" acknowledgement/apology would have saved him from getting fired, or at the very least getting the same demotion, but with a longer and more difficult road to reattaining his Captain title.