The helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in January has renewed calls to address a decades-old problem in aviation: getting pilots to turn around or divert when the path ahead starts to look bad.
Pilot training is some of the most rigorous of all modes of transportation. Elizabeth White practices landings with instructor Megan Brown at the airport in Auburn, Ala.Pilot training is some of the most rigorous of all modes of transportation. Elizabeth White practices landings with instructor Megan Brown at the airport in Auburn, Ala.On a training flight in Alabama, Elizabeth White eased the throttle forward of her Cessna 172 and the plane lifted off into a clear, blue sky.
White is already a private pilot with her instrument rating and working now on becoming an instructor. It takes hundreds of hours of flight experience and ground-based training to get to this point. Most airlines won't hire a pilot with fewer than 1,500 hours. Brown said part of her challenge, as an instructor, is ensuring students remember all this training, years later."As pilots get older, we tend to get comfortable and, kind of think, oh, yeah, it's no big deal," Brown said,"What you got to be aware of is the minute you start feeling wrong about something, you've got to stop the flight."
Elizabeth White and flight instructor Megan Brown stand by a Cessna 172 after a training flight in Auburn, Ala.Elizabeth White and flight instructor Megan Brown stand by a Cessna 172 after a training flight in Auburn, Ala.It's a known problem in aviation called 'get there itis' — meaning pilots focus on getting to their destination when that's not always the safest outcome.
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