tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post2758442929506260838..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Automobile Safety v. Airline SafetyAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-10449433549769338702015-07-31T17:15:46.640-06:002015-07-31T17:15:46.640-06:00As a professional pilot I would like to comment on...As a professional pilot I would like to comment on a few things. First, when an aviation accident happens, it is initially looked at as neither pilot error or malfunction but both until one is singled out. It is almost always pilot error in aviation accidents, while malfunctions do cause accidents, engineering has became so remarkably well on modern aircraft and the system redundancy built into these airplanes has greatly helped reduced malfunctions a good deal. Not to mention pilot training for emergencies has gotten a lot better over the past few years. But in the end, pilot error is still the cause of almost double the accidents than malfunctions/emergencies. Second, interestingly enough I know several professional pilots who have taken jobs in the medical sector to train hospitals for emergencies. The aviation industry has developed some of the best simulators in the world, airline simulators are million dollar machines that are identical to a real aircraft. So pilot training and emergency scenario training has gotten massively better. Those pilots use that approach in the medical field, they go to hospitals and simulate real world medical emergencies with the upmost realism and train the staff in those simulations. It helps reduce patient death and lawsuits, using simulations like the airlines do has become a very useful tool for hospitals. kylenoreply@blogger.com