About This Blog
This blog is dedicated to Aviation Safety & Training topics for the Seaplane World, and it’s main purpose is to help educate pilots and the public about ways to make water flying safer, but also to recruit and spark the interest in Seaplanes and the wonderful world of Water Flying. There is much to learn about Seaplanes and like in every other part of our industry, we depend highly on the willingness of other, more experienced airmen to share their wisdom’s and experience with us.
Over the years, I have come to realize that Aviation Safety cannot be instilled by regulatory measures. Sure, every time there is an accident or incident, everyone goes on high alert, pays attention for a while and sometimes even the FAA gets heavily involved. However, once a few weeks pass by, everything goes back to normal, we tend to relax and we watch, sometimes in amazement, how the FAA tries to plug another hole in a system that was never intended to take so much responsibility away from us. It seems, as if everytime one loophole is plugged, an armada of self declared “freedom seekers” swarms out, to find another hole in the system, that will then be used as an excuse for ‘why’ an accident happened. Another hole, that allows to cut this corner, maybe speed this process up, or prove to the world why something that isn’t considered illegal should be OK to do. There are people in our industry who will swing the FAR’s at everybody under the sun, to find an excuse for simply stupid behavior. The argument:
“Tell me where the FAR’s say that I cannot do that?!”
My general answer over the last several years has always been:
“Tell me who taught you to think that everything, that isn’t considered illegal, can be considered smart and should therefore be common practice? Come On!”
Aviation Safety is “Learned Behavior”. It demands constant focus and a true commitment from each person involved in our industry. Focusing on Aviation Safety and dedicating time to learning and continued education demands a lot of time and effort. With this blog I attempt to stretch my own efforts, and go beyond the participation stage of my recent activities within the sector of Aviation Safety.
I will keep this blog, however, centered on Aviation Safety matters as they relate to Seaplane Operations.
Fly Safe!
