Are you a pilot, and have you ever wondered why pilots spend so much time learning about accidents?

And is understanding other accidents the best way to make you the safest possible pilot?

In what role do SOPs or standard operating procedures play in helping us become safer pilots?

In a moment, we'll talk about that.

Give you an update on the Shelbyville, Indiana, serious crash that we talked about in episode 303, and we'll talk about three recent accidents

that could have been avoided if pilots had followed SOPs. Hello, my name is Max Truscott.

I've been flying for 50 years. I'm the author of several books and am the 2008 National Flight

Instructor of the Year, and my mission is to help you become the safest possible pilot.

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Last week I talked about when receiving vectors to final, whether you should

load an approach with vectors or load it with an IAF. If you didn't hear that episode, you may

want to check it out at aviation news talk.com slash 304. Now first, I wanted to let's you know

that I'm in Southern California for two weeks, and I'll tell you more about that in a moment.

I'm recording from my hotel room, a moment. I'm recording from my

hotel room, which is more difficult than recording from my home studio. So this episode will be a little

shorter than usual, and I won't be including the news. Before we get to our main topic,

let me give you a couple of quick updates. You may recall that in episode 303, we talked about

the fatal crash of an SR 22T in Shelbyville, Indiana,

and why after an engine failure, serious pilots are encouraged to use the Caps parachute

rather than glide down to a field. I mentioned then that since a Cirrus landing in a field

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