Recently I received notification of an event I couldn’t pass up — a “General Aviation Accident Reduction and Mitigation Symposium,” sponsored by the Arizona Pilot’s Association (APA) and the Arizona Safety Advisory Group (ASAG), which links many of the aviation groups in Arizona in the quest to reduce accidents, and especially fatal accidents, in the state. The FAA Arizona FAASTeam representative would also participate.
The message stated that the speakers would address the fatal accidents that occurred in Arizona in 2012, and those present would then “work toward strategies and tactics to reduce the accident rate in 2013.” Questions and comments were solicited during and after each section, and the attendees were challenged to come up with specific actions that could reduce the number of accidents in the future.
