The great American radio and television comedian George Burns emerged in America during the vaudeville era and became known as a king of the one-liners delivered in his uniquely subtle deadpan style—and always with an El Producto cigar between the fingers of his left hand. Before his death in 1996 at the age of 100, Burns was asked for the secret of his long life. His response was simple and to the point: “Keep breathing.”
Preventing a Loss of Control Accident
Key Takeaways:
- Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I) is a leading cause of fatal general aviation (GA) accidents, often stemming from poor risk management and pilot errors as an inevitable result of preceding actions, rather than being a root cause itself.
- Commercial aviation has dramatically reduced LOC-I accidents through mandatory Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT), stringent recurrent training, and ATP certificate requirements for pilots, a contrast to GA's persistently high rates due to less rigorous training mandates.
- Current GA pilot training is often insufficient, focusing only on a small portion of the flight envelope and lacking specialized UPRT (which differs from aerobatics), thus placing the responsibility on individual GA pilots to seek advanced training beyond minimum FAA requirements to prepare for and recover from unexpected upsets.
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