Risk Management Magazine

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.

Complacency is one of the most common contributors to aviation accidents and, being a senior aviator, I guess I am as guilty as the next. The following story was, thankfully, my wake-up call.

In many units, safety is less of a state of mind and more of a punchline.  Nothing drives this point home more that the high number of preliminary loss reports for motor vehicle accidents.