Big Al (as I like to call him) once said "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
A. Einstein
Unfortunately, I continue to find evidence that he was right. Many years ago, I read a book by H.G. Wells that changed my outlooks and a lot of my views. It was 'The Outline of History' and was written from his perspective as an extremely perceptive Brit. (in my opinion) reflecting on recent history at the time he was writing the book, which was 1925. Basically he said that humans created societies to serve us and make our existence better. But that result has been so badly mangled as to result in things like WWI where we (all humans) shows just how superb we could be at slaughtering ourselves in numbers not believed possible, bankrupting most of western society, and setting back the entire species in the greater part of the western world for decades to come. And that was not even the 'big' war. :-(
I guess by comparison, having the occasional airliner auger into the ground is actually an improvement.
Sorry to wax philosophical but as I said, repeated professional incompetence is a particularly sore spot with me.
Back ONTOPIC: let's all hear more about glowing fobs....
Brian
Read more at
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins100015.html#tZlOQszfVWEwh1Se.99Numerous if not a majority gear up landings in perfectly good aircraft occur with a buzzer sound and the pilot saying: "what's that noise?" Then a much louder crunch and scraping sound gives them a clue. I know of a guy who has done it twice in his Bonanza and for some unfathomable reason he is still able to get hull insurance.
