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Deadly Private-Plane Crashes Prompt U.S. Call for Basics
“GA pilots are not learning from the deadly mistakes made by their brethren.” (www.businessweek.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The comment in the last part of the article about "IF EVERYONE FLEW TO THE TEST STANDARDS, WE'D HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SYSTEM" is true. Problem is, everyone will take their test and pass it to get their license and then they are bulletproof. Just as a young automobile driver that just got their license, they may know just enough to get in the air and to land one. Back in the day, DRIVER ED was a required subject in our high school and in most. Then they started doing away with it for various reasons and lookie what we have on the highways now. The car is just a means to get from Point A to Point B, not giving a thought that problems may happen between the two, let alone how to handle them. So is GA, look Ma, I'm flying. Problem is, if it gets bad in a car, you can stop and step outside. If you're at 5000'and a problem develops, it's not quite as forgiving.
while it may have been a required subject back in the day, back in the day people didn't have cell phones and texting
Well, you are definitely correct on that, but lack of that training takes the importance off the act of driving itself, just as in a GA guy/gal freshly licensed and thinking that's all they were to it. Some of these small town kids would be totally lost if they wound up in downtown ATL. Same for the low hour GA; what do they do if they wander into the pattern at KATL and meet a 757 coming out of the clouds. Hypothetical, yes, but impossible no!
we're taught to avoid ATL, no VFR right? :p
When I earned my PPL in 1980 my instructor told me, "Now you have a license to learn how to fly." He was right!
and just when i thought i would be able to pass my checkride... :/