Plane Tests Must Use Average Pilots, NTSB Says After 737 Max Crashes

Re:Plane Tests Must Use Average Pilots, NTSB Says After 737 ... by jacobush on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:14AM (#21092225)

Depends on the distribution

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Re:Plane Tests Must Use Average Pilots, NTSB Says After 737 ... by eyo2019 on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:19AM (#21092915)

You're technically correct, but for the metric "human pilot skill" I think the median and average probably align fairly well.

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Re:Plane Tests Must Use Average Pilots, NTSB Says After 737 ... by comicjk on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:47AM (#21093228)

I would guess that the skill distribution of licensed pilots is asymmetrical, if only because the tail end of bad pilots are not allowed to fly.

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