Risk Management Magazine

My wife says people can be summed up into two categories: those who err on the side of caution and sound judgment (her), and the accident prone (of course, me).

How often do you see a professional on TV do something tricky and make it look easy? You know what usually precedes the stunt — a narrator warns, “Do not try this at home.” Do you suppose there’s a good reason they give these warnings?

The day’s flight started out like so many before: mundane paperwork-related tasks, a brief oral evaluation, aircraft preflight, etc., and it was now instrument evaluation time.