"Humans tend not to learn much from other's experiences although we sure like to claim that we do."

Speak for yourself Walter.

  One part of my recurrent training at my airline is a class called Human Factors where we go over accidents and incidents both within our company and industry wide.  We dissect each event, pointing out good and bad aspects of how it was handled by the crew.  This is some of the best and most effective training I get and I get it every nine months.
  When it comes to flying my Lancair, I've learned a great deal from things that have happened to other builders.  Those who elect to ignore all of the things we talk about on the LML are depriving themselves of a tremendous opportunity to expand their knowledge base.
  Skip Slater