Archive: January 2022
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Jan
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2022
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Posted by Admin
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The year 2021 was a tough year but we made it. Covid diagnosis and recovery, family health issues, a crazy economy, and low staff due to a myriad of reasons are just a few of the challenges we faced. It appears adversity was the only constant during this past year. It was that way for most of us but as a people, a family, a team we just leaned forward and kept marching.
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Maintenance Minute
Mark Tyler
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Maintenance Minute
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Jan
24
2022
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Posted by Admin
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I often wish a bell would ring when an accident or incident is prevented when crew resource management, CRM, is practiced. On occasion, however, a bell does ring for me when people send me a personal CRM story or recall an incident they heard about. They usually let me know via email or Linkedin or in this recent case my friend, Joe Mattern, sent me a direct message on Facebook informing me of an event where CRM most likely saved the lives of all on board their air medical helicopter that night.
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My Two Cents Worth
Randy Mains
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My Two Cents Worth
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Jan
24
2022
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Posted by Admin
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I’ve found that most if not all new helicopter pilots have been taught to look outside when making turns, at least that’s what they want us to believe by the callouts they’re taught in training. It appears instructors are teaching to verbally state that your clear to the left, center, and right of the aircraft before making turns, but are they really completing the task?
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Randy Rowles
Rotorcraft Checkride
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Rotorcraft Checkride