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by hueving 3223 days ago
>They look for causes and solutions, not blame. They, as far as I know, pride themselves on this.

If the cause is a person's behavior, that is the same thing as blame. Look at the report of the Pinnacle 3701. Probable causes from [1]:

1. the pilots' unprofessional behavior, deviation from standard operating procedures, and poor airmanship;

2. the pilots' failure to prepare for an emergency landing in a timely manner, including communicating with air traffic controllers immediately after the emergency about the loss of both engines and the availability of landing sites;

3. the pilots' improper management of the double engine failure checklist

It's hard to look at that and say that the pilots weren't being blamed.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnacle_Airlines_Flight_3701

2 comments

It does happen, but is the exception. Look at the aftermath section. You can also look at the aftermath sections of other flights.

Sometimes, a human is to blame and there's no getting around that. This doesn't change their goal.

The difference is the approach — they look for the cause and sometimes the cause is the blame.

When you only look for the blame, you tend to be satisfied once you reach that goal and might ignore the cause.