Risk Management Magazine

Many times in a deployed environment, things that were once high on the priority list are moved toward the bottom. This can be broken down to two simple reasons: time and threat.

The night shift started as it typically did for an air medical pilot. Log in by 7 p.m., talk with the outgoing pilot about the day’s activities and check pertinent information like weather, notices to airmen and temporary flight restrictions.

The very nature of what we do as aviators is dangerous. With effective risk management, we drastically reduce the potential for hazards to allow mishaps to occur.