MAKING A DIFFERENCE YOUR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY

AS AVIATION COMMUNITY

LEADERS

April 2012

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GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS

ARE

SPECIAL PEOPLE

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THE BIG LIE“THE MOST DANGEROUS

PART OF THE TRIP WAS THE DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT”

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GA FATALITIESPER MILE

7 TIMES THAT OF AUTOMOBILES

49 TIMES THAT OF AIRLINES

ON A PAR WITH MOTORCYCLES

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RISKS IN FLYING

SNEAKY INSIDIOUS OFTEN CATCH PILOTS

BY SURPRISE

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RISKS IN FLYING

HARD TO JUDGE: PROBABILITY CONSEQUENCES

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RISKS IN FLYING IF LEFT UNMANAGED,

ARE UNACCEPTABLE

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GA RISK MANAGEMENT TEACHING AND PRACTICE

IS FLAWED

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GA RISK MANAGEMENT TEACHING AND PRACTICE IS

FLAWED 85% OF ACCIDENTS

ARE CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN RISK MANAGEMENT

TRAINING FOCUSES ON SKILLM

WHEN STUDENTSLEAVE TRAINING

THE ACCIDENT RATE JUMPS BY ALMOST 50%

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ACCIDENT RATE / 100,000 HRS.

STU TRAINING = 5.8 NEW PVT PILOT = 8.55

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HOW RISK MANAGEMENTIS TAUGHT

TELLING STORIES PASSING ALONG RULES MAKING UP SAYINGS

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HOW PILOTS BECOME “EXPERIENCED”

EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO RISK

EVALUATING THE RESULT

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IF THEY DON’T SCARE THEMSELVES

PLACE IT IN “ACCEPTABLE” CATEGORY

MAY HAVE JUST BEEN LUCKY

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THE MORE TIMES A PILOT GETS AWAY WITH A RISK

THE MORE “ACCEPTABLE”

THE RISK BECOMES

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IF THEY DO SCARE THEMSELVES

THEY ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF THINGS THEY

WON’T DO AGAIN

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IF THE PILOT DOESN’TRUN OUT OF LUCK

THEY BECOME “EXPERIENCED”

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EXPERIENCE IS A HARD TEACHER

SHE GIVES THE TEST FIRST

THE LESSON COMES AFTERWARD

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MANY PILOTSAND THEIR PASSENGERS

NEVER SURVIVE TOGET THE LESSON

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BUT EVEN A LONG LIST OF

UNACCEPTABLE RISKS

DOESN’T PREPARE PILOTS FOR

UNANTICIPATED RISKS

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WE MUST BE PROACTIVE—NOT REACTIVE—

ABOUT RISK MANAGMENT

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CONDUCTRISK SURVEILLANCE

LOOK FOR RISK(Just as a mechanic

looks for defects during an annual)

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BEFORE TAKEOFF

PAVE YOUR WAY TO A

SAFE FLIGHT

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P ilot A ircraftenV ironment E xternal pressures

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P ilot A V E

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I llnessM edicationS tressA lcohol F atigue, FoodE motion

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P A ircraft V E

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DENSITY ALTITUDE

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P AenV ironment E

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WEATHER

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DAY / NIGHT

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P A V E xternal pressures

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EXTERNAL PRESSURES

DON’T LET THE EXTERNAL PRESSURES

MAKE YOUIGNORE RISKS

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WHILE AIRBORNE

USE CARE

TOMANAGE RISK

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C onsequencesA lternativesR ealityE xternal pressures

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C onsequences A lternatives

R eality E xternal pressures

RISK MANAGEMENT SCAN

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C onsequencesARE

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CONSEQUENCES

ALWAYSTHINK THROUGH

THE CONSEQUENCES

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CA lternativesRE

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ALTERNATIVES

ALWAYS HAVEALTERNATIVES

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FUEL / TIME

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ALTERNATIVES

NOT JUST FORFUEL OR WEATHER

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CAR ealityE

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REALITY

DEAL WITH THINGS AS THEY ARE — NOT AS YOU

PLANNED THEM TO BE

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BIGGEST CAUSE OF CROSS-COUNTRY

FATALITIES?

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BIGGEST CAUSE OF CROSS-COUNTRY

FATALITIES?

CONTINUED VFR INTO WORSENING WEATHER

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REALITY

WHEN THINGSCHANGE —

CHANGE YOUR PLAN

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CARE xternal pressures

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EXTERNAL PRESSURES

DON’T LET THE EXTERNAL PRESSURES

MAKE YOUIGNORE RISKS

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DON’T TAKE RISKSWITH JUST YOURSELF

OR YOUR FAMILYTHAT YOU WOULDN’T

TAKE WITH APLANELOAD OF

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P A V E

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P ilot A ircraftenV ironment E xternal pressures

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CARE

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C onsequencesA lternativesR ealityE xternal pressures

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