Training Safety Or Training Safely?

1. Training Safety Or Training Safely?

2. Nick Mayhew - Steve Sparks - Mike Phillips -

3. TRAINING SAFETY - Steve • Training Safety is using tools to develop a “safe attitude” in pilots, be they Student Pilots, Commercial Pilots or Flight Instructors. It is the responsibility of the Pilot-In-Command (PIC) to utilize all available tools to asses risk, execute the training mission and return everybody in a safe and relaxed manner.

4. TRAINING SAFELY – Mike • Training Safely is the idea that Flight Instructors, Pilot Examiners and pilots have a stake in safely conducting the flight.

5. Steve Sparks

6. TRAINING SAFETY • Real world risk management • Proper Pre-Flight & Briefing. • The willingness to say “NO”. • Thorough Post Flight De Brief. • Modeling Safe Behavior

7. TRAINING SAFETY • What makes up a safe training flight? • Communications • Discipline • Sound Preparation & Planning • Safety Culture • Timely Instructor Intervention • “Pixie Dust”

8. Mike Phillips

9. TRAINING SAFELY –WHAT IS IT? • CFI/Check Airman/Instructor and the Pilot Undergoing Training should put safety first and foremost. • Why – Because training accidents account for 22% of all accidents in helicopters* – more than any other single activity. • (* Compendium Report, US JHSAT Baseline of Helicopter Accident Analysis, • Volume 1, Figure 7, August 2011.)

10. TRAINING SAFELY • Transfer of control in the air. Real world! • Roles and Responsibilities. • Instructor • Pilot • Things Better Left Undone • Proper Time and Place • Too much risk

11. TRAINING SAFELY • Progressive approach to autorotation training. • Use of Flight Training Devices

12. 12 Classic Pitfalls - Nick • Responding to peer pressure. • Mental expectancy. • Get-there-it is. • Duck Under Syndrome. • Scud Running. • Continuing VFR into IMC. • Getting Behind The Aircraft. • Loss of Positional/Situational Awareness. • Operating Without Sufficient Fuel Reserves • Descent Below Minimums En Route. • Flying Outside The Envelope. • Neglect of Flt Planning, Checks, Pre Flights etc.

13. Summary and Discussion