text: I take a lot of heat for daring to say too many Alaska pilots take too many chances, taking too many innocent people down with them.  They tell me I'm wrong and how great the pilots are and what wonderful people these pilots are and how I jump to conclusions , even when the initial reports pretty much tell the story .  Having followed Alaskan aviation since I was a kid nothing changes---about 90 percent of the time it's pilot error .  Over and over and over again these pilots take risks .  When is the FAA going to come up with a plan to make pilots stop taking so many chances ?  A pilot who takes risks alone---no problem . They did it to themselves. But taking innocent passengers down with them who mistakenly trusted these guys is an outrage. There seems to be no end in sight for Alaskan cowboy flying . They say if you have lived in Alaska for a little while---you know someone who has died in a plane crash . It shouldn't be that way. We can do better.