A united coalition of aviation organizations has come together to support the National Pause for General Aviation Safety.
âWe envision a day with zero fatal general aviation accidentsâŚ"
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 âthe illusion of perfectionâ âthe illusion of controlâ and âthe illusion of safetyâ?
These âstopping pointsâ 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 âalphabet groupsâ really think that creating a couple videos and handing out awards will prevent all the accidents? âZero Fatal General Aviation Accidentsâ can only be achieved one wayâŚ
âSafetyâ is just a code word that means âShut General Aviation Downâ. âZeroâ General Aviation will produce their âVisionâ of âZero General Aviation Accidentsâ.
And what most non-aviation people/politicians donât 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. Itâs all feel good stuff for brain dead feel good people. It is what itâs is.
Oh! We should be safer!? I didnt realize thats what we were supposed to be doing. Wish someone had thought of this sooner.
Safety third.
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As long as GA pilots âhaveâ to get there âtodayâ, theyâll continue to kill themselves.
The National Pause for GA Safety is well-intentioned, a thoughtful moment to reflect and refocus. It encourages pilots to take time to sharpen their skills and revisit key safety topics.
I support the initiative. The goal is worthwhile.
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 wonât 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 youâve noticedâŚ
Iâve 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. Theyâll happily sit through the courses, but they already chose the safer paths.
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.
I agree. Until I learned both spins and tailwheel flying there was a lot I didnât know.
What I learned about stall recovery âthe modern wayâ 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 wouldnât have signed off to fly a C-150. No amount of training can overcome some peopleâs 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?
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