Which pilots were worse in your opinion: the KLM pilots in the 1977 Tenerife Crash or the Air France 447 pilots?

?2019-12-10T10:19:33Z

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klm capt . he knowingly attempted a unauthorized take off in poor vis . the 447 pilot i think was pulling back on the stick during a stall? no one will ever know why he made the dreadful input however he was trying his best to prevent a crash in confusing circumstances, 

just "JR"2019-12-27T22:34:33Z

Air France 447!  I will NEVER understand that an EXPERIENCED pilot does NOT realise he is in a STALL!!!  You learn that in your first few hours of flight training!  (I loved "loosing a wing" in my trials!)

rob2019-12-18T11:21:23Z

447 guy was young and inexperienced. 
The KLM was older, very experienced. But he had a “brain fart”. Brain farts happen to all of us. 
I would say the 447 guy was worse. 

?2019-12-11T16:12:55Z

The KLM pilot ordered a take off when ATC said dense fog. His first officer even protested.  !00 % his fault. 

Air France, pilot made an error, trying to compensate. 

Anonymous2019-12-10T04:04:02Z

It is hard to fault pilots when they are trained to TRUST YOUR INSTRUMENTS.  Yeah, it is like trusting a fuel gauge that has been stuck at full for a year but one can always pull over.  Pilots do not have that option.

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