Risk Management Magazine

There comes a time in an adult’s life when you just want to say, “What were you thinking?” That’s exactly what I said one July morning after reading a young Soldier’s Facebook posts.

We’ve all been trained on blind cockpit drills and the need for “knowing your cockpit.” However, we tend to forget some of the reasons for these drills.

I thought working at Fort Drum, New York, for more than 18 years had given me a pretty good feel on how to gauge weather conditions. My complacency and overconfidence one winter day, however, made me question not only my “weather nose,” but also my sanity.