The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes

This chapter has a lot of information to sink in since there's a lot of facts about multiple pane crashes. I was intrigued by the fact that your culture can differ with your capabilities of communication and dealing with authority. It's not like where you're from prohibits you from getting something done, it mostly has to do with how we view things and act upon certain situations. In this chapter there's the instance of Ratwatte having good communication skills which allowed him to successfully land a plane when there was a crisis. This instance is compared to how in other incidents, the pilots would lack precision when communicating information and sometimes feared speaking up against authority. The way someone says something isn't only important as a pilot but in life in general and the situations vary depending on where you're from (Not always but in the cases that Gladwell includes).  While reading I thought to myself whether or not I fear overpowering authority or sometimes sugar coat what I am trying to get across and then I realized that many people have different opinions on what's seen as appropriate or not. I think I shouldn't become a pilot because I am not sure if the way I was raised will allow me to handle the pressures of landing a plane while it's running out of fuel.......