Sentence examples for poor pilots from inspiring English sources

The poor pilots never had a chance, Robinson explained.

But Mr. Midhar and Mr. Alhazmi, the first two hijackers to enter the country, proved to be poor pilots.

Experts have blamed weak government controls, poor pilot training and a cost-cutting mentality among many carriers.

That they bloodied the Russian air wing was taken as a clear sign of poor aircraft maintenance, poor piloting skills — or, most likely, years of insufficient funds for adequate flight training.

The report cited a lack of safety controls and poor pilot training at Crossair, and accused senior managers at the airline of failing to recognize that the pilot -- who it said was flying too low on his approach to land in Zurich -- was not in a fit state to fly.

The operation also suffered from poor piloting.

However, Trenchard was a poor pilot, and he did no instructing, instead becoming involved in administrative duties.

But not every accident is an indictment of aviation's training, safety and maintenance programs, nor necessarily reflective of poor pilot skill or judgment, nor indicative of a conspiracy of manufacturers to sell us faulty parts.

The division suffered from a combination of bad weather and poor pilot navigation which caused many of the airborne troops to be dropped inaccurately throughout the divisional operational area, causing a number of casualties and making conducting operations much more difficult.

State auditors found that the commission did a poor job licensing pilots and investigating potential safety violations.

Missiles, at their most reductionist, are just tiny little airplanes with poor little robot pilots.