On plane crashes and pilot training

Over at Powerline there is an article on the factors that may have been at fault in the recent Asiana plane crash.  

Read it for an interesting perspective on the airline's attitude to pilot training.

  "The Asiana crash last weekend didn’t appear to be a maintenance error, or weather related (though, as I fly in and out of San Francisco a lot, there can be a stiff crosswind even on clear days, as the summer coastal fog hits the inner valley sunshine all day long).  It seemed an obvious pilot error from the first instant, and everyone else was pretty much saying the same thing.  Of course it is reasonable to wait until a thorough review of the facts are done to make final judgment, especially with an eye to instructing other potentially weak pilots about the problem this pilot had.  But how many such weak pilots might there be out there?

The anonymous email below is circulating on the Internet, and I can’t vouch for its veracity.  It bears the marks of someone who knows what he’s talking about.  If there is any truth to this account, it is the kind of story the media ought to be asking about, but almost certainly won’t because of political correctness."