Does anyone else find the nature of some of the posts in this thread incredibly morbid? Just sayin. The video is literally of someone loosing their life.
I guess you're referring to my post.
I come from a culture in which, when there's an accident (especially one with some post-crash media that can be studied) the pilot group watches, analyzes, and discusses the incident in order to learn from it. That's not the first time I've seen a pilot die on video, and probably won't be the last. Most of the time, such videos are absolutely gut-wrenching to watch, and that feeling reinforces the lesson learned. I believe that the more gruesome the video/audio, the more solidly the lesson hits home.
Does it lead to the appearance of a clinical, insensitive discussion of the events and the outcome? Maybe, but it's always done with the understanding below the surface that
it could be you in that video if you're not diligent. Besides, no words, soft or harsh, can bring that pilot back no matter what. It's not like this thread is that pilot's eulogy at his memorial. If I pack it in someday, I certainly hope my fellow pilots learn from the experience, and don't miss out on some learning point because they think they're being insensitive to what happened to me by talking about it explicitly, no holds barred. I seriously mean that.
Call it callous if you want. I call it keeping my own butt safer based on learning from the mistakes of others.
