CASCADE FLYERS

WHAT WENT WRONG BOILED DOWN TO KEY POINTS

Last Wednesday the Air Safety Foundation traveling seminar series, "What Went Wrong" came to town. Craig S - still on a roll after digging up ancient magazines, went to the seminar at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. An inspiring way to spend an evening - reviewing airplane accidents. We have several recent CFI's in Cascade Flyers with social lives so busy they were not able to attend this seminar.

Well, for you new CFI's and the rest of us - as luck would have it, Craig kindly summarized the salient points for us very succinctly. 

Craig starts off by saying, "nothing better than spending two hours listening to how other pilots got themselves killed.  I guess it's just a reminder of how unforgiving flying can be to errors in judgment."

And here are the KEY LESSONS as summarized by Craig -

1) Don't be stupid
2) Be very wary of ice
3) Don't let technology make you complacent
4) Always fly the airplane to the ground
5) Know emergency procedures
6) Don't be stupid

There you have it! 

By the way - a great winter weather activity - visit the awesome Museum of Flight at KBFI!

MASSIVE PILOT SHORTAGE

I guess Craig S has a lot of time on his hands - he dug up this article from TIME about the massive pilot shortage. Wasn't there something else going on that summer as well?

Perhaps it is a lesson that all things continuously change in one way or another. Thanks Craig - you at least caught our attention.

MICHAEL MOORE COMMENTING ABOUT AIRLINE PILOT PAY

Dru sent this link in from filmmaker Michael Moore's blog - thanks Dru! You can see the article about Michael Moore's opinion of pilot pay directly by jumping here. 

FLIGHT AROUND SEATTLE TO MUSIC

David took new member Aaron C. on a flight around Seattle recently. Aaron took this great video of the flight and tuned it up to hauntingly cool music! If the weather sucks right now - you can fly from your desk top and dream of being in the air at least. Thank David and Aaron!

TEEN SUSPECTED AGAIN OF STEALING AIRPLANE

The Seattle Times is reporting another airplane stolen and flown from Bonners Ferry, Idaho to a crash landing near Granite Falls, Washington. This would be the same suspect who may have stolen two different airplanes in the San Juan Islands.