Risk Management Magazine

Low-risk missions continue to produce accidents. Whether these missions cause crewmembers to conduct less-detailed mission plans or become more relaxed in the cockpit with their peers, pilots must plan carefully and accurately, taking into consideration all possible hazards encountered from initial takeoff to final landing.

One of the bad things about off-roading is you never know when a good time might turn into a nightmare. If you’ve ever left the relative safety of the asphalt on two, three or four wheels, you know exactly what I am talking about. Here’s how my good time went bad.

As a young Soldier, I was excited about working in aviation. I was immediately responsible for protecting the lives of everyone who entered and operated my “bird,” as well as maintaining the aircraft when it was not in flight.