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Good Pilots Gone Bad
Bending the learning curve to fix what is broken
Photo: N121JM, Bob Holland
N121JM, the day after . . .
Photo: N121JM, NTSB
Who is a“Good Pilot Turned Bad?”
Photo: “G450 Delivery Day,” Mike Keller
Know
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Time
Minimum qualification level
Photo: Antoinette aircraft simulator, 1909
Know
ledg
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Time
Available knowledge
Minimum qualification level
Photo: F119 Engine Test Lab, USAF
Know
ledg
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Time
Available knowledgeHealthy pilot learning curve
Minimum qualification level
Photo: “Eddie’s” bookshelf
Good Pilots Turned Bad- The “mission commander”
- The “taxi driver”- The “pretender”
- The “old dog”
Photo: T-37 “Contact” Flight
Photo: G450 on final through FLIR, Eddie
“Mission Commander” Gone Bad?Never canceled a trip?
Never gone missed approach?Never diverted?Never said “No”
Know
ledg
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Available knowledgeHealthy pilot learning curve
Minimum qualification level
The “Mission commander”
Photo: G450 on final through FLIR, Eddie
Photo: Brand X Sims
“Taxi Driver” Gone Bad?Never look at the books?
Flying has become just another job?Hate “by the book” pilots?
Know
ledg
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Time
Available knowledgeHealthy pilot learning curve
The “Taxi Driver”
Minimum qualification level
Photo: Brand X Sims
Know
ledg
e
Time
Available knowledgeHealthy pilot learning curve
The “Taxi Driver”
Minimum qualification level
“Old Dog”
The “Mission commander”
The “Pretender”
Photo: Inattentive, “Eddie”
Know
ledg
e
Time
Available knowledgeHealthy pilot learning curve
The “Taxi Driver”
Minimum qualification level
“Old Dog”
The “Mission commander”
“the bend”
The “Pretender”
Detecting the“Good Pilot Turned Bad”
Photo: Detective, Justin Serbent
Line Operation ObservationNot a check ride
More like a “heading check”Here’s how: www.code7700.com/loo.htm
Photo: Cockpit jumpseat, NYC Aviation
OR
Pay Your Fee,Get Your Stage Three
An excellent“heading check”
QARA non-threatening “watch dog”
- Can’t be bribed- Can’t be fooled
- Expands your universe of data
Photo: KPDK Rwy 21L on glide slope, “Eddie”
Photo: KPDK Rwy 21L duck under, “Eddie”
Photo: KPDK Rwy 21L aiming for touchdown zone, “Eddie”
Fixing what is broken:Learn positively
Encourage positive critiquesTrain positively
“WE” not “HE” or “SHE”
Photo: “Doctor Joly”
Encourage positive critique . . .
Photo: G450 Cockpit, “Eddie”
Photo: Bedford, Runway 29, “Eddie”
Teterboro
“If there was a harder way to do this,it’s because we haven’t thought of it yet.”
Photo: Teterboro, Runway 24, Eddie
Encourage positive training. . .
Photo: AA 1400, 28 Sep 2007
“WE” not “HE” or “SHE”
Photo: E-4B Landing
“Good Pilots Turned Bad”
- Getting their attention- Fixing what is broken
- It all begins with leadership
Photo: Bombardier Safety Stand Down
Photo: Eddie’s airplane