Letter of the Week: A Lack of Recklessness

Kevin P. Hynes

Thursday, April 02, 2015 at 05:11 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The article redefines "Learning to Fly like a Girl" as embodying a universal "lack of recklessness," which is an essential mindset of constant safety awareness and concern for negative outcomes, not a gender-specific trait.
Recklessness is identified as the primary cause of most "on purpose" aircraft crashes, stemming from a failure to consider negative implications, often overshadowed by the pursuit of perceived rewards.
True flight safety involves actively eliminating additional risks and maintaining a consistently cautious attitude, rather than merely attempting to manage or overcome risks for perceived gains.
Cultivating this vital, non-reckless mindset requires continuous, conscious effort, honest self-review after each flight, and personal responsibility, encapsulated by the "THINK SAFETY" principles.

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The article “Learning to Fly like a Girl” reveals human traits not necessarily gender specific. And “first, fly the airplane” may have little to do with one’s experience level. Each article has everything to do with one’s “mere presence of mind” to have the right flying attitude, all of the time! John King hit the nail on the head about such a flying attitude when he stated he admired (and hoped to emulate) another’s “…lack of recklessness.”

Recklessness: meaning to not think about or have concern for the negative (bad) implications of an outcome of some activity at hand. “Recklessness” is why most “on purpose” aircraft crashes happen.