211 Risk Management with Seth Lake
Aviation News Talk – Pilot Stories, Safety Tips & General Aviation News
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🗓️ 18 December 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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211 Risk Management with Seth Lake
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211 Max talks with pilot examiner Seth Lake about one of the most important topics for GA pilots, which is Risk Management. Seth uses an analogy of a balance scale to weigh the risks we take on for a particular trip. He also discusses some of the tools mentioned in the FAA's Risk Management Handbook, and we've included a link where you can download it for free.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk General Aviation, with relevant |
| 0:05.0 | news and flying tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:08.6 | I'm Max Truscott. |
| 0:09.8 | Today we'll be talking with pilot examiner Seth Lake about one of the most important topics |
| 0:14.2 | for GA pilots, and that's risk management. |
| 0:18.0 | In our prior episode, episode 210, we talked about C-Fit or controlled flight |
| 0:22.5 | into terrain. So if you missed that episode, you may want to check it out at aviation |
| 0:26.6 | newstalk.com slash 210. Also, I videotaped our conversation with Seth and people who've signed up |
| 0:33.3 | as members to support the show at the $20 month or higher level, have been watching that video |
| 0:37.6 | for a week. |
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| 0:58.9 | so new episodes will download for free each week. |
| 1:02.0 | Now let me tell you a little bit about Seth Lake. |
| 1:04.7 | Seth is an Air Force Reserve C-130 instructor pilot recently out of active duty. |
| 1:09.8 | He's now a full-time flight instructor and DPE, giving Czech rides in Arkansas. |
| 1:15.0 | His business, VSL Aviation, operates several beach travel airs, and he specializes in teaching |
| 1:21.2 | the multi-engine rating in those aircraft. |
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