Management culture and airline tragedies

Pilots are a troubled lot. Too many are hand tied and frustrated by an industry that rewards those who play the game and ignores aviators whose sense of safety and old school rules might prove an obstacle to companies with an eye only for the bottom line.

Pilots have families and kids to put through school, mortgages, and a career that demands a high level of education and an intellect which matches common sense with science. Being urged to keep their opinions to themselves when a company plane has gone down is as common as it is wrong.