HAI/D.J. SONSTENG PHOTOGRAPHY
FLY SAFE Greg Calvert
The ‘M’ Word
Assuming a “mission” mentality in HAA operations doesn’t equate to recklessness. It promotes safety.
ambulance (HAA) industry: “mission.” Some safety com- mentators tell us that a “mission mentality” can lead to dangerous attitudes in the cockpit. Even using the word “mission” to characterize an operation marks the speaker as a risk-taker. Several senior pilots in my company have said that
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former military pilots, especially, make the mistake of considering what HAA crews do a “mission” when what
UCH HAS BEEN MADE IN PILOT TALK and recent writing about what seems to be the new dirty word in the helicopter air
we execute is merely a “flight request.” We operate “medical taxis,” another pilot has told me. Well, for those of you who prefer the BLUF (bottom line up front), I offer that our safety record in HAA, and in public-service aviation in general, would be better if we embraced more of a mission mentality, not less.
What’s Within Our Control Various statistics show that human error is the primary or a contributing factor in 60% to 80% of helicopter acci- dents. Among the long list of FAA-identified human
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