Paul it is your magazine…print what you want.
The race of some to self ingratiate themselves with “early analysis” is fraught with misinformation that can be damaging at all levels. This week’s King Air accident at KPKB is no exception. The you-tube video I saw was pure garbage. Garbage! It would be better for these people post something factual and helpful after the investigation is complete. AOPA has produced many after-the fact videos, with facts, that are very helpful training tools.
We continue to make the same mistakes in aircraft. The common link to these mistakes is human factors. What would be most helpful, and is missing from all final reports, is a professional analysis of why a given pilot made a bad decision or a series of bad decisions. For example why did the pilot of a King Air decide to fly, and continue to fly, an un-stabilized instrument approach at KPKB. All of us have been there. None of us are exempt from making a bad decision. Avoiding bad decisions is the key to safer flying…and hence the key to less self promoting you tube videos.
The FAA has a person with a PHD in aircraft accident human factors. I have listened to her talk and she is fascinating. For accident prevention this is what we need to be listening to, not some know-nothing you tube video.
God bless.