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Zobayan was likely influenced to continue by “self-imposed pressure” because he wanted to please his celebrity client.
The families of the other crash victims have all filed similar lawsuits against Zobayan and Island Express. The spotlight on Ara Zobayan’s family has been particularly cruel, said his good friend Chuck Street. Within hours of the accident, media people were pounding on the door where Tess and Ara lived. Tess received threats as well. Island Express hired a security firm to protect her. To some Bryant fans, Zobayan had become a villain. And that crushed everybody who knew him. “People want to demonize him now,” Street says, “but I think that’s unfortunate, because he was so very human.”
So, the next time you feel compelled to live up to someone’s “Mr. Pilot Man” accolades and expectations, think about Ara Zobayan and his heartbreaking
reversal of fortune. Identify, then break, a link in an early forming error chain before catastrophe strikes. Better to “land and live” and fly another day.
One of the nine hazardous attitudes I teach in my CRM course is invulnerability, the sense that “It can’t happen to me.” The purpose of this article is to assure you that it most certainly can happen to you. If you are not careful, you could suffer the same terrible fate and become a defendant in a lawsuit suing you and your estate for reparations.
Yes, you too can go from “Mr. Pilot Man” to defendant, or as one article put it, “From ‘Mr. Pilot Man’ to Chief Culprit.” It’s one more reason not to push your luck by falling into the trap of dying to please the client or your passengers.
Randy Mains is an author, public speaker, and AMRM consultant who works in the helicopter industry after a long career of aviation adventure. He currently serves as chief CRM/AMRM instructor for Oregon Aero.
He may be contacted at:
info@randymains.com
rotorcraftpro.com
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