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Do we know what we dont know? Ramy Yanetz PASCO Safety seminar 2011 We dont know what we dont know How do we find out what we dont know? Knowledge is safety educate yourself Success does not teach us to be safer


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Do we know what we don’t know?

Ramy Yanetz PASCO Safety seminar 2011

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We don’t know what we don’t know

  • How do we find out what we don’t know?
  • Knowledge is safety – educate yourself
  • Success does not teach us to be safer – only

failures

  • Learn from the mistakes of others – You won’t

live long enough to make them all yourself

  • Share your knowledge and close calls with
  • thers
  • Do we do enough reading and research into why
  • thers have made mistakes?
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False Safety

  • The most dangerous part of flying is the

driving to the airport – NOT TRUE!

  • Every landing you can walk away from is a

good landing – NOT TRUE!

  • Staying current and take a dual flight with

instructor every year is NOT enough to stay safe.

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Risk Management

  • You can only manage the risks you know
  • Do we know the risks and ignore them?
  • Know the limits of your knowledge and

ability, and respect the limit!

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Action Items

  • Use available resources to gain knowledge and

learn from mistakes of others:

– Discussion groups such as RAS newsgroup – Newsletters – NTSB – Books – Magazines (Soaring Magazine October issue!)

  • Should we establish a single resource of safety

related info?

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Action Items

  • Get more specific training before flying in

ridge, wave, XC, contest, or doing acro and low passes

  • Learn to recognize and recover from

unusual attitude (stall, spin, spiral dive)

  • Always keep a way out, and a landable

field within reach