CALNNC posted:...I have been involved with many private air craft wreck investigations over 38 years in that industry. About a third of those wrecks were caused by pilots, not operating their fully functional aircraft properly, they knew the airport and the approaches, but did not operate the machine as they were taught, and 'flying by the seat of their pants' killed them...
I am a commercial pilot with multi-engine and instrument ratings. I currently fly two King Air B200 turbo-props on a day rate basis for their owners. I'm also type rated in the King Air 350 and fly one on a regular basis on a retainer. That's the 350 behind me in my Avatar.
I am also a licensed and experienced locomotive engineer with a lot of time in both diesels on freights (including some heavy pusher service) and with steam locomotives on passenger trains running NKP 765.
If there was ever an "apples and oranges" situation it is the difference between flying an aircraft and running a train.
- AIRCRAFT - light, agile, fast and the pilot controls movement in all 3 dimensions - forward/backward, left/right, up/down.
- TRAIN - heavy, cumbersome, slow and the engineer controls movement in only one dimension - forward/backward.
They are not even in the same universe, and a valid comparison is impossible.
