Eliminating Accidents in GA

Eliminating Accidents in GA

Improving General Aviation safety has been challenging for industry and government going back decades. Some parts of GA have made great progress in improving the GA accident rate within their own small communities but the larger GA population has not benefited greatly from that progress. The flight training industry has been a participant in many studies and efforts to improve upon the annual GA accident rate but the question remains: is flight training part of the problem or part of the solution? 

This presentation centers on several type club organizations and other entities that understood where flight training negatively impacted flight safety and how they made positive changes with dramatic results. Most of the changes were voluntary while some were regulatory. Some changes came about because of research, analysis and focused efforts with the FAA and EAA support while other changes were strictly internal training policy changes. What are the secrets to their success measured over a decade of experience?

In one example, a community that was on the cusp of federal action because of its high fatal accident rate lowered its fatal accident numbers by two thirds. And they have enjoyed zero fatal accidents involving members they trained over the last fifteen years.

These changes are not costly, time consuming nor impossible to implement in all of GA.

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