Russia - Most Dangerous place to fly....

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Russia has a well-known tradition of always claiming "pilot's error" first when something happened. They do it by reflex to prevent examination of other factors as well: aircraft, maintenance, tower, TRACON communications, etc. - all those things that in case beign found "guilty" would cost them more money. It is cheaper to just blame it on a dead man. - The case of the Polish presidential machine crashing should be excluded here, since it is distorting the discussion due to the high profile of the case, and the many indices that the pilots' responsibility to decide were interferred by ground staff and the staff of the president aboard, at the same time.