So it was back to the RAeS this week for the Flight Global Safety & Training conference. I was a bit surprised by the small number of airlines present but I guess cost cutting is still very much at the top of their agenda. My bit, moderating an audience participation session on integrating safety into training, seemed to go down pretty well, with some very good points raised. I threw in my favourite contentious proposal that we are currently in a 'twilight zone' between manual flight and unmanned commercial operations - always gets a reaction!
I think the most compelling issue to emerge is that we simply aren't training pilots for what they need to do in extreme situations - make good, sound decisions in the time available and act appropriately upon them. Perhaps the two most important decisions of all, and the ones that operators need to satisfy themselves their pilots will always get right, are to go-around from an unstable approach and to continue the take-off after V1. Sadly accident statistics suggest we haven't got that right yet. In normal line operations week after week, year after year, a pilot may never be faced with these critical decisions (or ones like them), so how can we be sure they are prepared?
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