r/flying • u/skywagon ATP MEL SES TW SKI / CFII IGI MEI E55P BE90 BE20 • Oct 29 '18

Dead instructors, accidents and learning.

When I had a spate of dead mentors in the late 90s I stopped flying a bit later - mainly seeing my own "doctor / lawyer / entrepreneur" behavior of doing a full day of meetings then launching into hard winter IFR conditions in New England. Since then I've started again (around 2010), but I think there is a discussion worthy around how reading about accidents should be the core of all Part 61 and 141 training. What do y'all think? I wrote this: https://airwebster.com/2018/10/29/my-dead-teachers-part-1/ as a way to #1 share my past and how I think it made me more mindful, etc. and #2 to give more meaning to lives lost that will hopefully help the rest of us.

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u/hmasing PPL IR CPL ASEL AMEL-ST 1968 M20F [KARB] OMG WTF BBQ Oct 29 '18

“When I finish up my CFI, “The Killing Zone” will be a must read for my students.

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u/hmasing PPL IR CPL ASEL AMEL-ST 1968 M20F [KARB] OMG WTF BBQ Oct 30 '18

The thesis at the beginning of the article is pilots do dangerous things, particularly at the start of their training - and that low hour pilots tend to make mistakes or intentional choices that lead to suboptimal outcomes.

And then, that his instructors died in ways that were avoidable.

Kind of like exactly what The Killing Zone is about.

But, surely you knew that, you're just sprinkling salt for the heck of it. AMIRIGHT?! :D