Comments on: The best and worst of 2011 http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=737 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Timothy A. Short http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=737&cpage=1#comment-6644 Timothy A. Short Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:17:00 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=737#comment-6644 SAFE, The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators, an organization that was formed just over two years ago, held a symposium in May that brought together many of the best and brightest in aviation education today, for the purpose of developing, recommending, and guiding implementation of reforms in aviation education. The reforms developed by the group seek to address safety concerns, student retention, and public perception of general aviation, and are aimed at stakeholders from government (FAA), manufacturing, and flight training organizations around the country. Many of the targets of the attempted reforms were in attendance or represented at the symposium, from top officials from FAA to leaders in the manufacturing industry, to leaders in education of pilots. With the follow-up protocols set up by the symposium, the work done in 3 days in Atlanta could have positive repercussions for general aviation for years to come.

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The Babbitt removal should definitely have been included as a low light. Such a poor example to the industry!
Fatigue among air traffic controllers was a major emphasis this year
Additionally, the inflight fire and subsequent death of Ms. Franklin plus other exhibition accidents (Reno comes to mind) have damaged the aviation industry perception.

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