Comments by "Glamdolly" (@glamdolly30) on "A Horrible Chain of Mistakes! TransAsia Airways flight 235" video.

  1. True - but the incompetent Captain's mistake does not absolve his colleagues of their responsibility to accurately identify what was happening in the cockpit and recover the aircraft. They too played critical roles in the tragedy by failing to spot and confront his mistakes, or act assertively enough to start an effective course of action that saved the plane. The Captain's determination to reach the top of his profession despite repeated failures in exams/testing that told him he lacked the necessary talent, tells me he had one hell of an ego! For the sake of public safety he should have recognised he was not Captain/leader material, shown some humility and remained at first officer level - or better still, got a job on the ground with ATC!
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  2.  @reddoublead3991  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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  3.  @francischabot1412  Great insight. Of course it's very easy for us to express shock and horror at the mistakes and oversights made in the confines of that cockpit, between that crew, on that night - and the disastrous, deadly repercussions for everyone on board. If this tragedy tells us anything, it's surely how easily human error and its best friend, assumption, can sink us. Lessons can of course be learned from this crash in professional, operational terms. But recognising the far broader, more universal and profound nature of those human mistakes, is key to ensuring nothing quite so disastrous happens in any other context. That said, anyone who believes human error can be eradicated, may as well try to turn back tides, or stop rain falling!
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  4.  @farayidarlingtonchaparadza20  Fair point.
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  5.  @jakelamb4096  Their feelings at that moment of realisation, are probably indescribable in any adequate sense!
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  6. I think the video concludes with great wisdom. It's too simplistic to dismiss the cause of an air crash to just 'Pilot Error', the story is always way bigger than one person's mistakes on the day of the incident. I want to know why the SYSTEM allowed an individual who repeatedly showed significant skill deficiencies, to not only become a commercial pilot but to get promoted to Captain? That this man was so determined to be promoted to that senior role, despite struggling in his tests, tells a story of its own. It suggests he put personal ambition and gain above the safety of the public, and that points to arrogance, irresponsibility and self-serving priorities that don't serve the ends of public safety. Had he been a decent, responsible human being with some humility, he'd surely have taken time to reflect on the fact he was struggling with his pilot exams/tests. Then he'd have privately asked himself some serious questions about his own life and priorities, and whether piloting commercial aircraft was the right career for him. The Captain's last words were a belated acknowledgement he had messed up. But there were two other men in the cockpit with him that day, who could potentially have identified his mistake and confronted and corrected it. Why didn't they? More to the point - why was communication so poor between the three pilots? To me it hints he was a dominant personality who pulled rank and didn't react well to anyone challenging him, no matter how politely. This personality type is sometimes a feature of serious plane crashes involving pilot error - usually a Captain with a God complex, whose colleague/colleagues were too scared to point out his mistakes and address them before it was too late. I wonder how much the interpersonal/professional relationships between pilots are studied during their training? How well those operating the plane communicate together, and that they respect each other and feel 'safe' enough to troubleshoot problems without anyone taking offence or bullying the other, is surely crucial - especially in a crisis when good communication and mutual respect can mean the difference between life and death.
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