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When flight crews stop communicating about errors and safety concerns

My co-pilot and I have been flying together for eight months and we've developed this pattern where I catch his small mistakes but don't say anything because I don't want to undermine his confidence, and I think he's doing the same thing with me, and now we're both second-guessing ourselves on basic procedures that we used to handle smoothly.

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You and your co-pilot stay quiet about each other's slip-ups, and now you're both shaky.

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