Originally Posted by
smoothride
pitz could not be more incorrect.
Stranger could not be more correct.
Air Canada has a strong self-reporting culture, and pilots learn from the mistakes of other pilots in the airline. All pilots make mistakes, we are human. It adds to our experience. Our policies and procedures are data-driven based on self-reporting. This is why self-reporting is non-punitive at Air Canada. This is why our airline is so safe.
I would personally rather fly with an airline, and pilots, that collectively learn from mistakes than with one that assumes that pilots can somehow be perfect when such a condition it at odds with being human.
Crap happens and knowing that there is a strong emergency procedure in place and pilots, and crew, trained for the unexpected with that training coming from strong lessons learned like this issue of topic gives those of us who spend large chunks of our lives in these pressurized tubes some degree of comfort.