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Letter of the Week: A Lack of Recklessness

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Key Takeaways:

  • The article redefines "Learning to Fly like a Girl" as possessing a "lack of recklessness"—a critical, non-gender-specific trait essential for safe flying that involves continuously considering and avoiding negative outcomes.
  • Recklessness, characterized by a disregard for potential negative implications, is identified as the primary cause of most "on purpose" aircraft crashes, often exacerbated by a focus on perceived rewards over risks.
  • Achieving and maintaining this crucial "lack of recklessness" requires continuous effort, constant practice, and a proactive "think safety" mindset at all times, making safety the ultimate and unwavering priority for every flight.
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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.

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