wktaylor
Well-Known Member
https://www.avweb.com/features/shortfinal/short-final-consider-this/
AvWeb SHORT FINAL...
The aviation safety culture can be brutal and unforgiving. Consider this sage advice from Angus Kydd, one of the instructors at my home-base airport, years ago. Chatting with a group of students about risk-taking, he said... “Before you do something stupid up there, think of what everyone sitting down here will say about you after they read the accident report.” --staff
OH YEAH... AND people will talk about your accident in-detail...
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A Reply... from a father to his daughter-in-law about this very topic...
Recently I discussed this issue with my daughter in law whose response was... ”That shouldn’t happen because everybody is entitled to make a mistake.” That fits nicely with today’s social sensitivity. My response was, “If a car hits you in a pedestrian crossing, will you say, ” that’s ok everyone can make a mistake.” Maybe no worries if you do something dumb but doubt it’s ok if someone else does something dumb and it affects you ? I am still trying figure out the number of angels that can fit on the head of a pin. [email protected]
Captain A. G. Lamplugh, London, 1930's
Another sage perspective from a USAF war-fighting Squadron...
"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." --Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ, 1970
AvWeb SHORT FINAL...
The aviation safety culture can be brutal and unforgiving. Consider this sage advice from Angus Kydd, one of the instructors at my home-base airport, years ago. Chatting with a group of students about risk-taking, he said... “Before you do something stupid up there, think of what everyone sitting down here will say about you after they read the accident report.” --staff
OH YEAH... AND people will talk about your accident in-detail...
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A Reply... from a father to his daughter-in-law about this very topic...
Recently I discussed this issue with my daughter in law whose response was... ”That shouldn’t happen because everybody is entitled to make a mistake.” That fits nicely with today’s social sensitivity. My response was, “If a car hits you in a pedestrian crossing, will you say, ” that’s ok everyone can make a mistake.” Maybe no worries if you do something dumb but doubt it’s ok if someone else does something dumb and it affects you ? I am still trying figure out the number of angels that can fit on the head of a pin. [email protected]
Captain A. G. Lamplugh, London, 1930's
Another sage perspective from a USAF war-fighting Squadron...
"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." --Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ, 1970
