Why are pilots flying their perfectly functioning high tech aircraft into the ground once and again? The catastrophes of Air France 447 or Asiana 214 are just two major examples of such human performance deficiencies. How can it be achieved that pilots are brought to the same level as their technically almost accident-resistant aircraft? And on the contrary, how can only humans as pilots find a way out of seemingly inevitable disasters like US 1549, the famous ditching in the Hudson River, or QF 32, the near-death of over 500 people on board an Airbus A380 which could be averted by a highly qualified crew?
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