“We envision a day with zero fatal general aviation accidents…"
Huh? Per hour, per day, per decade? Ever?
No awareness of the real dangers and problems in human behavior that result from the pursuits of ‘the illusion of perfection’ ‘the illusion of control’ and ‘the illusion of safety’?
These ‘stopping points’ of awareness do not exist, and cannot exist. This has been known and studied for generations. Remarkable it is still being denied.
So, does the ‘alphabet groups’ really think that creating a couple videos and handing out awards will prevent all the accidents? “Zero Fatal General Aviation Accidents” can only be achieved one way…
“Safety” is just a code word that means ‘Shut General Aviation Down’. “Zero” General Aviation will produce their “Vision” of “Zero General Aviation Accidents”.
And what most non-aviation people/politicians don’t realize is that a shut down GA would eventually result in a shut down of the airlines also. After all where do these people think most airline pilots come from now?
Mindless goals and statements proposed by the article are the norm anymore. Mindless statements and goals as proposed come from mindless organizations and mindless people. This is not surprising. It’s all feel good stuff for brain dead feel good people. It is what it’s is.
Oh! We should be safer!? I didnt realize thats what we were supposed to be doing. Wish someone had thought of this sooner.
As long as GA pilots “have” to get there “today”, they’ll continue to kill themselves.
Like so many of these programs, laws, etc., the thoughtful, self-aware, well-intentioned people are already doing it, and the arrogant, self-absorbed, entitled won’t learn or listen. So yes, I agree this is a waste of our attention.
If one were a coldly rational risk-averse student of statistics, one would only ever get on an airplane that was a multi-engine jet flying under Part 121 and flagged in the 1st World.
Anyone looking to fly a GA airplane themselves has already decided that they are willing to take an additional risk for the sheer joy of it.
Maybe. Or there could be some hidden agendas. Those are becoming more common lately, perhaps you’ve noticed…
I’ve got no objection to any safety program, but: The people who NEED the training are not as likely to take it. Those concerned with safety are less likely to engage in activities likely to lead to an accident. They’ll happily sit through the courses, but they already chose the safer paths.
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While not being a panacea for everything, I think an hour of stall and spin training every two years would make a helluva improvement to safe aircraft handling, especially if combined with some tailwheel handling.
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I agree. Until I learned both spins and tailwheel flying there was a lot I didn’t know.
What I learned about stall recovery “the modern way” at a 141 school was flat out wrong and dangerous, but our very forgiving Warriors tolerated it.
I flew with a multi-thousand hour jet fighter pilot once that I wouldn’t have signed off to fly a C-150. No amount of training can overcome some people’s NAFOD. (No Apparent Fear Of Death). He managed to wreck a plane right in front of my house some years later too, that may have calmed him down.
OMG, they let the insane aviation bureaucrats out of the asylum. What nuggets of air safety initiatives will they come up with next?