Pilot in Command

[JediNein]

Missing the point

Howdy!
Pilots are trained to think in scenarios. We encounter situations constantly where there is more than two choices and we must decide. It is the difference between thinking in 2D and in 3D.

A simple situation will dictate thousands of different actions, some fatal, some "hero of the minute," some survivable.

An example: "hear a gunshot"

What would you do?

Run? Out of the movie theater...
Hide? During target practice...
Shoot back? In combat...
Press CNTRL-ALT-DEL? Not a good way to play Quake...
Nothing? Watching television...
Call 911? In the bad part of town...
Cry? After your favorite horse was put down...
Fly the airplane? Always...

I hope this helps you understand why we aren't giving you the answers you desire.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[JediNein]

Obligations as PIC

All of that, and I still didn't answer the question of obligations.

Typically, if I come out of an aviation incident, accident, or crime alive, so will the people behind me. I know this because as the pilot flying, I will be the first to the scene and my actions to that point have been for maximizing survival.

My training in search and rescue, first aid, lifeguarding, water instructor, flight instructor, CPR, and so on has already dictated my actions in other life situations. First, I must decide to get involved. Usually it is an easy decision (call 911). If it is not easy, then there is something holding me back, and the decision becomes easy again because if I got involved, I would make the situation worse.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein