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Old 21st May 2011 | 07:34
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xrayalpha
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From: Strathaven Airfield
Interesting NATS safety presentation at BMAA Safety Day at Prestwick.

Of course, they could not produce one instance of a pilot who thought: let's go and infringe some airspace today. My pals will have lots of fun watching the aircraft being diverted all over the place!

So, all the infringements were accidental - which ultimately means based on ignorance (in particular, of position, obviously)

And ignorance comes from poor training!

So my thought, as an instructor, is that any infringements by my students or former students, are MY fault, not theirs.

And so, yes, we really, really need to change not just the syllabus (hey, I am off track by 5 miles, so I start calculating the one in 60 rule etc etc instead of immediately getting on the radio? ie Maybe Aviate, Communicate, Navigate - since if we have stopped navigating we have got off track!) but also the way we teach.
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