(Editor’s note: On March 1, Flight Safety Foundation released the following position paper. Since then, we have received numerous comments, both positive and negative. In future issues of AeroSafety World we will publish some of the comments and commentaries we have received. If you have comments to share, please email Frank Jackman at jackman@webdeva.flightsafety.org. Only emailed comments will be considered for publication.)
The commercial aviation industry is at a crossroads, and the practices it adopts now relative to how the pilots of the future are selected, trained and mentored will have critical safety ramifications during a period of projected rapid global growth. With the perspective of more than 70 years spent focused on aviation safety–related research, education and advocacy, Flight Safety Foundation believes that a p…
