Risk Management Magazine

In aviation, from our very first exposure, we are all taught to focus on the task at hand regardless how routine it is. Humans, however, just aren’t programmed to act that way.

There are good reasons emergency procedures are developed, committed to memory and rehearsed before conducting training or combat operations.

The majority of military aviators know the pressures of flying in a combat environment. The number and frequency of deployments our country’s military has endured to help rid the world of future insurgent attacks ensures that.