Mark Zee’s statement above is sticking in my mind as I prepare for the IFR add on to my CFI. Mainly because I see it leaking into how we learn.
Archaic CFII and IFR prep questions remind me that much aviation is more about a right of passage than learning.
Becoming a rockstar at decoding weather outputs should make you wonder. And on a more crazy note, let’s look at the rafts of NOTAMs we’re all asked to process – before each flight. Then consider that a NOTAM’s obvious urgency could have saved Malaysia MH17.
What if the crew knew what the NOTAM meant, that would have saved their lives?
Continue reading NOTAMs: “What if, instead, the Authorities had simply written what they meant?”
