I would beg to differ.  What happened to Shannon and a few others recently was an attitude problem, not a training problem.  Some people are not cut out to be flying experimentals or maybe even flying at all and unfortunately the experimental airplanes call out to them like a moths to a flame.

Hamid,

 

 

You are partly correct. Shannon's flight profile suggests someone who didn't have a clue about how to make an engine out landing. That can be fixed by training. Most pilots I train have never been taught how to glide to a chosen spot and make a successful landing-- unless they have some time in  a glider.

 

That said, I agree with everything else you said. Some people should not be pilots.

 

Jeff