Comments on: Fear, Risk, and Airplanes http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/05/14/fear-risk-and-airplanes/ Software, aviation, electronics, economics, and other neat stuff. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Tangozulu http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/05/14/fear-risk-and-airplanes/#comment-2250 Tangozulu Sat, 16 May 2009 17:34:32 +0000 http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/05/14/fear-risk-and-airplanes/#comment-2250 <p>Viennatech, sounds like you're doing it right! Thanks for your comments, it's very useful to accumulate ways of managing risk</p> <p>I think of risk as "probability of something bad happening". The "something bad" can be much less drastic than an accident involving bent metal or broken fiberglass. It can be as minor as "I set my rule as +- 50 feet for this trip, and I'm off 100!".</p> <p>In other words, I'm setting my tolerance for sloppiness very tight lately. This way, I have a wider safety margin. And I teach myself to fly to stricter standards.</p> <p>Also, I consider some part of risk as calculated risk: that is I have an out or backdoor away if I need it, or a recovery plan. So yes, I've done fun things like a falling leaf stall safely! That's pretty fun.</p> Viennatech, sounds like you’re doing it right! Thanks for your comments, it’s very useful to accumulate ways of managing risk

I think of risk as “probability of something bad happening”. The “something bad” can be much less drastic than an accident involving bent metal or broken fiberglass. It can be as minor as “I set my rule as +- 50 feet for this trip, and I’m off 100!”.

In other words, I’m setting my tolerance for sloppiness very tight lately. This way, I have a wider safety margin. And I teach myself to fly to stricter standards.

Also, I consider some part of risk as calculated risk: that is I have an out or backdoor away if I need it, or a recovery plan. So yes, I’ve done fun things like a falling leaf stall safely! That’s pretty fun.

]]> By: viennatech http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/05/14/fear-risk-and-airplanes/#comment-2179 viennatech Thu, 14 May 2009 19:20:14 +0000 http://onesandzeros.tangozulu.biz/2009/05/14/fear-risk-and-airplanes/#comment-2179 I firmly believe that the antidote to Risk is Judgment. To obtain good judgment you either need training or experience. Unfortunately in flying, obtaining the experience before the judgment can easily kill. I'm using all of my senses to counter my own fear. I read, I blog, I stay keen on all sorts of periphery and doing so has kept me alive so far. I also have certain rules to catch me if my judgment fails. 3 strikes no flight. "It's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air......." The downside is that the more I eliminate risk, the less fun I seem to have! I believe if I were in your situation owning my own aircraft, I might operate differently as after a time, things would lull me into familiar complacency. I firmly believe that the antidote to Risk is Judgment. To obtain good judgment you either need training or experience. Unfortunately in flying, obtaining the experience before the judgment can easily kill. I’m using all of my senses to counter my own fear. I read, I blog, I stay keen on all sorts of periphery and doing so has kept me alive so far. I also have certain rules to catch me if my judgment fails. 3 strikes no flight. “It’s better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air…….”

The downside is that the more I eliminate risk, the less fun I seem to have!

I believe if I were in your situation owning my own aircraft, I might operate differently as after a time, things would lull me into familiar complacency.

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