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(More customer reviews)Author Paul Craig's thesis -- that low time pilots face special risks
due to their lack of experience -- is generally unremarkable. After
all, the aviation community has long regarded experience as the single
most important factor in flight safety.
While the author's basic
premise is well known, his thorough examination of the `killing
zone' -- his term for the statistically risky period between 50 and
350 total flight hours - is well handled. With thorough analysis
of NTSB data combined with his own research the author presents a
survey of aviation's "best practices". Pilots will find this
material familiar, but will appreciate the author's detailed, in-depth
approach.
Where `The Killing Zone' stumbles is in its practical
advice for new pilots. The author's suggestions are too general, and
differ little from those found elsewhere. Controversial remedies such
as requiring the flight schools to be more forthright about flying
risks, or implementing mandatory ongoing training for low time pilots,
are avoided altogether. Stronger editing - describing an accident
as having occurred in a "Money M20C" (sic) seems a little sloppy
- would also have helped.
"The Killing Zone" is a worthy
read for all pilots, and new pilots in particular will benefit from
this ambitious, if slightly flawed, examination of flight safety.
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This literal survival guide for new pilots identifies "the killing zone," the 40-250 flight hours during which unseasoned aviators are likely to commit lethal mistakes. Presents the statistics of how many pilots will die in the zone within a year; calls attention to the eight top pilot killers (such as "VFR into IFR," "Takeoff and Climb"); and maps strategies for avoiding, diverting, correcting, and managing the dangers. Includes a Pilot Personality Self-Assessment Exercise that identifies pilot "types" and how each type can best react to survive the killing zone.
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