Syracuse Safety Stand Down 2024!
![Get Your FAA WINGS](SYR-SafetySeminar23.png)
![Get Your FAA WINGS](SyracuseStandDown2024.png)
![Safety Stand Down](SYR-Sandy.jpg)
Instantly Improve Your Flying
Overcome "Magical Thinking"
and "Mission Mentality!"
with stoical approach; bad things *can/do* happen!
GA Advantages!
Fun, Freedom, Flexibility, Can Invite Risks!
Little planes are much harder to fly safely (but more fun)!
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Automobile Safety: "Technological Solution"
"Red Zone Awareness"
"SAFE Strategies:" Vigilant and Prepared
(97% of fatal stalls begin at pattern altitude and below)
![Unrecoverable stalls!](RedZoneManeuvers.png)
FAA WINGS! Great For Proficiency/Safety
KAIZEN: "Continuous Improvement!"
Defeating "Magical Thinking" and "Mission Mentality"
Creating a "Crew of One" With Metacognition.
![Use Metacognition](TBM-Crew.png)
✈✈Reflect after every flight; was the flight success luck or skill (calibrate!)?
✈✈What should I change for next time?
✈✈What critical skills should I improve and practice?
Single Pilot Resource Management
"Cooper Awareness Code"
![Ready For Anything](CooperColorCode.jpg)
"Alive/Awareness Continuum"
Automation Can Make You Stupid!
![The Automation Paradox](CockpitTechnology2.webp)
"Essential Aerodynamics"
![AOPA Aerodynamics Course](AOPA-EssentialAerodynamics.png)
What Makes a "Scary Pilot"
![Human Awareness](UninsuredPiperPilot.jpg)
Emergency Lessons!
Could *YOU* Pull this Off? Every CFI must teach these essential skills - Watch this video!
![Emergency Lessons!](CatastrophicEngineFailure.png)
Cautious To Cocky!
Human Weakness of "Normalizing!"
![Normal Stupidity](CautiousToCocky-Migration22.png)
Defeat Startle!
Practice emergencies often -
Safety requires proficiency and vigilance; "ready for anything!"
![Ready For Anything!](StartleResponse.png)
Manage Distractions!
Deviations and Accidents Often Start Here
![Master Instructors](IFRmagDistractions.png)
Practice Crosswind Skills!
Crosswinds can (commonly) bend planes!
![Crosswind Blog](SAFEcrosswindBlog.png)
Stabilizing Non-Precision [Here]
"Dive and Drive VS Steady"
![Non-Compliance](StableNonPrecision.png)
Understanding Icing "Here"
![Non-Compliance](IFRmagIcing.png)
Gravity Works!
Know your "numbers!"
![Dec. eNews](AviationSafetyNumbers.png)
Usable Aerodynamics!
Every Pilot Must Watch This (3X?)!
![Usable Aerodynamics](UsableAerodynamics.png)
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