As I stated in my previous paper on Safety Seminars, the Federal Aviation Administration has designed a program to help pilots and other persons interested in Aviation with some form of follow up training. They have found that pilots lose about 80% of their initial knowledge after they receive their qualifications. This fact does not really seem to concern many pilots. This is very disturbing as many of these pilots are going on to become Instructors or to work for the airlines. One example that I noticed was many pilots look at the safety wire on the rudder of a Cessna and check to make sure that it is there and/or that it isn't broke, but how many pilots actually know if the safety wire is twisted the correct way or wound the correct way on the nut or bolt. This may be a very small thing and most pilots figure that it's the

After reading many reports and Bulletin Board entries it seems that many people blame safety issues related to aviation on the Federal Aviation Administration. They feel the all the recommendations that the National Transportation Board makes are not generally adhered to or even that people have to die before the Federal Aviation Administration will do anything about them. This might appear that way, but I find that hard to believe.

This is a prime example of Pilot problems when it comes to aviation safety. So how do we as professional aviators combat these little problems? One of the ways is to promote the program designed by the Federal Aviation Administration called the Aviation Safety Seminar Program, which is sponsored by the local FSDO (Flight Standards District Office). These meetings are held weekly/monthly at the FBO's serving the airport, which is closest to the FSDO office. These safety meetings can only be effective however, if people attend them. As stated in the past essays I believe that the FAA should make attendance at these safety seminars mandatory. They already require you to go through a flight review every two years or have you do you proficiency checks if you let your instrument proficiency lapse. Why not require you to attend a Safety seminar yearly prior to renewing your medical or have you show proof attending a seminar to the flight surgeon. A lot of people would argue that that is why we have the annual flight reviews by a qualified instructor is to bring us up to speed on the latest rules and regulations and to ensure we are safe. This may be true, but I have never had an annual review that the instructor went into in-depth discussion on CFR changes or aircraft AD's and as probable with most pilots and there flight reviews, it has been a friend, who is an instructor, that has flown with me and knows the type of pilot I am. They take you up go through the maneuvers, ask you some questions and 2 hours later your complete with the annual.

I have noticed a big push in airport markings; this is part of the FAA's runway safety program. They are mass-producing cheater cards for pilots to carry with them in there flight bags. These cards have not been out long enough to know whether they will work or not.

Being that this is the number one safety topic with the FAA I found it quite unusual that even in my recent commercial check ride the examiner didn't ask one thing about it or even mention a thing about runway safety even considering the fact that we were using parallel runways.

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