Every month I read and digest the NTSB reports in Aviation Safety with a knot in my stomach. Like most pilots, I recognize and value the opportunity to learn from the circumstances that result in so many unfortunate outcomes.
Make Good Decisions
Every month I read and digest the NTSB reports in Aviation Safety with a knot in my stomach. Like most pilots, I recognize and value the opportunity to learn from the circumstances that result in so many unfortunate outcomes. While I will continue to appreciate your reporting of these often-tragic events, I wanted to point out how much I enjoyed Amy Laboda's article, Making Your Own Luck, in your January 2015 issue. If possible, I think you should print a monthly column that focuses on the excellent planning and decisions that lead to pilots safely and effectively overcoming an emergency situation. While we should continue to learn from the mistakes of others, we should also learn to emulate those who have done it right!
Key Takeaways:
- A reader suggests a monthly column in Aviation Safety magazine to highlight excellent pilot planning and decisions that lead to safely overcoming emergency situations, balancing learning from mistakes with emulating successful actions.
- Another reader strongly criticizes a previous article's statistical analysis regarding instructor age and safety, arguing that the correlation is flawed and that factors like currency, structured teaching environments, and supervision are more relevant to accident rates than age itself.
- The critic emphasizes the distinction between general flying currency and specific instructing currency, with the editor acknowledging the feedback and indicating plans for further data exploration on the topic.
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