1. MAKING A DIFFERENCE YOUR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY AS AVIATION COMMUNITY LEADERS April 2012 M

2. GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE J

3. THE BIG LIE “THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE TRIP WAS THE DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT” J

4. GA FATALITIES PER MILE n 7 TIMES THAT OF AUTOMOBILES n 49 TIMES THAT OF AIRLINES n ON A PAR WITH MOTORCYCLES n 7 TIMES THAT OF AUTOMOBILES n 49 TIMES THAT OF AIRLINES n ON A PAR WITH MOTORCYCLES J

5. RISKS IN FLYING n SNEAKY n INSIDIOUS n OFTEN CATCH PILOTS BY SURPRISE n SNEAKY n INSIDIOUS n OFTEN CATCH PILOTS BY SURPRISE J

6. RISKS IN FLYING HARD TO JUDGE: n PROBABILITY n CONSEQUENCES HARD TO JUDGE: n PROBABILITY n CONSEQUENCES J

7. RISKS IN FLYING IF LEFT UNMANAGED, ARE UNACCEPTABLE M

8. GA RISK MANAGEMENT TEACHING AND PRACTICE IS FLAWED M

9. GA RISK MANAGEMENT TEACHING AND PRACTICE IS FLAWED n 85% OF ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN RISK MANAGEMENT n TRAINING FOCUSES ON SKILL n 85% OF ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN RISK MANAGEMENT n TRAINING FOCUSES ON SKILL M

10. WHEN STUDENTS LEAVE TRAINING THE ACCIDENT RATE JUMPS BY ALMOST 50% M

11. ACCIDENT RATE / 100,000 HRS. n STU TRAINING = 5.8 n NEW PVT PILOT = 8.55 n STU TRAINING = 5.8 n NEW PVT PILOT = 8.55 M

12. HOW RISK MANAGEMENT IS TAUGHT n TELLING STORIES n PASSING ALONG RULES n MAKING UP SAYINGS n TELLING STORIES n PASSING ALONG RULES n MAKING UP SAYINGS M

13. HOW PILOTS BECOME “EXPERIENCED” EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO RISK n EVALUATING THE RESULT EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO RISK n EVALUATING THE RESULT J

14. IF THEY DON’T SCARE THEMSELVES n PLACE IT IN “ACCEPTABLE” CATEGORY n MAY HAVE JUST BEEN LUCKY n PLACE IT IN “ACCEPTABLE” CATEGORY n MAY HAVE JUST BEEN LUCKY J

15. THE MORE TIMES A PILOT GETS AWAY WITH A RISK THE MORE “ACCEPTABLE” THE RISK BECOMES THE MORE “ACCEPTABLE” THE RISK BECOMES J

16. IF THEY DO SCARE THEMSELVES THEY ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF THINGS THEY WON’T DO AGAIN J

17. IF THE PILOT DOESN’T RUN OUT OF LUCK THEY BECOME “EXPERIENCED” THEY BECOME “EXPERIENCED” J

18. EXPERIENCE IS A HARD TEACHER n SHE GIVES THE TEST FIRST n THE LESSON COMES AFTERWARD n SHE GIVES THE TEST FIRST n THE LESSON COMES AFTERWARD J

19. MANY PILOTS AND THEIR PASSENGERS NEVER SURVIVE TO GET THE LESSON J

20. BUT EVEN A LONG LIST OF UNACCEPTABLE RISKS DOESN’T PREPARE PILOTS FOR UNANTICIPATED RISKS J

21. WE MUST BE PROACTIVE— NOT REACTIVE— ABOUT RISK MANAGMENT M

22. CONDUCT RISK SURVEILLANCE LOOK FOR RISK (Just as a mechanic looks for defects during an annual) LOOK FOR RISK (Just as a mechanic looks for defects during an annual) M

23. BEFORE TAKEOFF PAVE YOUR WAY TO A SAFE FLIGHT M

24. P ilot A ircraft enV ironment E xternal pressures M

25. P ilot A V E J

26. I llness M edication S tress A lcohol F atigue, Food E motion J

27. P A ircraft V E J

28. DENSITY ALTITUDE J

29. P A enV ironment E M

30. WEATHER M

31. DAY / NIGHT J

32. P A V E xternal pressures M

33. EXTERNAL PRESSURES DON’T LET THE EXTERNAL PRESSURES MAKE YOU IGNORE RISKS M

34. WHILE AIRBORNE USE CARE TO MANAGE RISK M

35. C onsequences A lternatives R eality E xternal pressures M

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37. C onsequences A lternatives R eality E xternal pressures C onsequences A lternatives R eality E xternal pressures RISK MANAGEMENT SCAN M

38. C onsequences A R E J

39. CONSEQUENCES ALWAYS THINK THROUGH THE CONSEQUENCES J

40. C A lternatives R E M

41. ALTERNATIVES ALWAYS HAVE ALTERNATIVES M

42. FUEL / TIME M

43. ALTERNATIVES NOT JUST FOR FUEL OR WEATHER J

44. C A R eality E J

45. REALITY DEAL WITH THINGS AS THEY ARE — NOT AS YOU PLANNED THEM TO BE J

46. BIGGEST CAUSE OF CROSS-COUNTRY FATALITIES? J

47. BIGGEST CAUSE OF CROSS-COUNTRY FATALITIES? CONTINUED VFR INTO WORSENING WEATHER J

48. REALITY WHEN THINGS CHANGE — CHANGE YOUR PLAN J

49. C A R E xternal pressures M

50. EXTERNAL PRESSURES DON’T LET THE EXTERNAL PRESSURES MAKE YOU IGNORE RISKS M

51. DON’T TAKE RISKS WITH JUST YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY THAT YOU WOULDN’T TAKE WITH A PLANELOAD OF AIRLINE PASSENGERS J

52. P A V E J

53. P ilot A ircraft enV ironment E xternal pressures J

54. CARECARE M

55. C onsequences A lternatives R eality E xternal pressures M

56. MAKE A DIFFERENCE YOUR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY AS AVIATION COMMUNITY LEADERS M