Welcome to Day 6 of the Safer Pilot Challenge 2024. In this video we analyze the accident at Chicago-Midway airport involving Southwest flight 1248. Take a free trial of our #1 Rated Online Ground School mzeroa.lpages.co/ground-schoo...
One of the things I've always admired about Jason is how much he promotes the professional mindset, even in brand new student pilots. You don't hear or see many people out there establishing this mentality early on. One should never wait until the day they become a professional pilot to adopt the mindset of being a professional pilot. A mindset is free to adapt and apply, and what I've found in my 100 hours of flying is that if you'll apply the mentality of wanting to be safe and professional early on, it will absolutely reflect in the way you fly. Once I got my ppl and started taking family up, I treated them just as I would a stranger who had zero knowledge of who I was as a person and went through a professional pre brief. It was crazy how much you'll actually confidence you'll instill into people when you treat this from a professional standpoint. I want everyone to fly with me to always know that their safety is actually more important to me than my own safety, and obviously we all have a dire sense of self preservation. Even if you're skittering around in a clapped out 150, be professional and fly it as though your next flight is going to be at the controls of a G650. Don't wait until you become a professional pilot to start thinking like one. Stay safe out there and thanks Jason for all you do for the flying community!
6 for 6! As a brand new private pilot, I am loving the 31 day safer pilot challenge. Thank you for sharing this recap of what went wrong on Southwest 1248. It’s very sobering.
That is soo sad. 😢 I raised my kids, always telling them to learn from their mistakes and try never to repeat them. I definitely believe that that philosophy should be part of the flight training, adding learning from others' mistakes as you are always teaching. Thank you for your constant vigilance in training, Jason.
No matter how much we train and prepare, accidents happen even to the folks that made it all the way to the airlines. "I know we're just flying 172's, but we can be professional about that." What a statement, and aviation is better with Jason. Great instructor/mentor.
6 for 6 a day late. Thank you. Somber, but we must learn from the past! Thank you for the reminder, and my commitment to make safe choices by using all the tools I have available!
6 for 6. Thanks for reflecting back to this accident. It is vital for us to be reminded to stay sharp and not get complacent on anything. We risk our safety and others too when we do that. Thanks!!
6 of 6 done. Just as the old saying goes, "the bigger they are the harder they fall." When it comes to takeoffs and landings any flying adverse conditions simply become bigger multipliers the bigger the aircraft is.
6 4 6: Jason wow! As a retired Airline pilot this one struck home. Remembering get home itis, fatigue, frustration ect can all lead us to overlook important safety concerns. Please everyone stay alive by staying safe and God bless!
6/6 We had an overrun of a GA single by an ATP-rated pilot who was getting back into flying GA. He was so fixated on the touchdown that he ended up floating down more than 3/4ths of the runway and ended up running off of the end. At this point, there was no damage to the plane. Instead of shutting down the plane and having the FBO assist in getting it back on the runway, he attempted to taxi back and then had a prop strike as he tried to get back on the asphalt.
I remember when that happened. Weather was blamed immediately. Also the fact that Midway is in the middle of a neighborhood. But now learning a few more factors in this incident it will make me think a bit going forward.
6 for 6..... Great recap of this incident Jason. I find myself watching the show "Air Disasters" a lot more now that I'm a pilot and learn something new with each episode. I'm a big advocate of safety and we unfortunately learn from past mistakes in order to make us all better, safer, Pilots. Looking forward to more videos to come.
6 for 6, I’m a student pilot preparing for my private pilot checkride so I love these videos! Great information to be reminded of as I’m beginning my aviation career
6 for 6. I own a 182 with three other fellow pilots. I’ve often canceled flights if anything was off for me that day. The weather, how my day is going, if the pre flight checks went etc… I have a few pilots in my pool who i feel push the boundaries of flying when they should not have. Even during training twice there was an issue during pre flight and once during run up and I called the flight off. Paid my instructor for his time and instead we used our time together to review ways to be a safe and focused pilot. Thank you Jason for all the videos and content. You are a model of what seeking mastery is all about
6 for 6. As a new student pilot, these videos are an excellent quick view to help improve my knowledge and skills, because as Jason always says, a good pilot is always learning. ❤
This discussion is so necessary. I still hear pilots talk about exceeding their mins because “it’s not that much more/less”. Safe is safe. Those mins are there to give us an out.
6 for 6 One thing I learned in getting an instrument rating is weather is not predictable and I experienced this on one trip and had to make a decision to go elsewhere. not what you want to do but still here to tell of it and learn.
6 for 6 Yes I agree most wholeheartedly with Jason, We must learn from the past, to be the Best Pilots we can possibly be!!! There are always other alternatives. Don’t take unnecessary chances even if it’s allowed. Thank you Jason, for a needed reminder !!! ✈️
I was on my way to Midway to get friends when this happened. It was crazy to see then and even more wild to watch now that I'm training to be a pilot!!!!
6 for 6: What a sobering reminder of the responsibility we take on as pilots to make wise decisions. Because the decisions we make affect, not only us as pilots, but those around us as well.
6 for 6! The hardest thing for all of us is to stick to minimums and not 'rationalize' your way around them. Never fun to cancel a flight, but always better to wish you went flying than wishing you never took off.
