Zimbardo wrote, “This potential for authority figures to exercise power over subordinates can have disastrous consequences in many domains of life. … Such authority can lead to flight errors when the crew feels forced to accept the “authority’s definition of the situation, even when the authority is wrong.” An investigation of thirty-seven serious plane accidents where there was sufficient data from voice recorders revealed that in 81 percent of these cases, the first officer did not properly monitor or challenge the captain when he made errors. … We may conclude that excessive obedience may cause as many as 25% of all airplane accidents.” What is Creator’s perspective?

Here again, is another oddity of human behavior, that people in situations where their very lives are at stake will ignore flight rules and their training in the many things that can be a sign of danger when quick action is needed to prevent an accident. If an authority figure acts in opposition to perceive circumstances in an unsafe way, this speaks to the power of authority to create a subservience in others to the extent displeasing the authority figure they answer to is a greater risk to them than common sense and their training about real-world dangers. To ignore a dangerous situation that would necessitate questioning the captain in charge is a very clear demonstration of an absence of reasoned judgment, and that is because it has been subverted by a need to conform, a need to submit, a need to surrender to authority even when it is unpleasant and harmful to the self.

What is taking place here is not that an irregularity is unnoticed, although that can happen through inattention. In many cases, a discrepancy in the expected sequence of actions or instructions, on the part of the captain, will put a subordinate in the uncomfortable position of evaluating the merit or lack of merit with respect to their knowledge base and the conflict that it creates. It is because they so often have been told they are wrong, and their judgment is unsound, and that they cannot trust their own instincts that they will question their own judgment in spite of all the training and knowledge they have acquired. It may all go out the window at the worst possible time. Keep in mind as well, that many such tragedies are caused to happen directly by the interlopers manipulating those involved to make a series of tragic errors. This is done as a kind of sport to see how far they can push people in causing harm to themselves, even a lethal outcome. Being psychopaths, they enjoy danger and a bloody outcome if it can be arranged.