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Marion Blakey’s Speech at Sun-n-Fun

by Mr. Flight on April 26th, 2006

In case you couldn’t be there to hear it yourslef, the FAA has posted a copy of Marion Blakey’s speech at Sun-n-Fun. During the speech, the Administrator talked about safety, Light Sport rules, and FAA funding as they pertain to GA.

Let me use this opportunity to tip my hat to the GA community for helping us develop two new products on the web site. I’m talking about the weather, decision-making tips, and the guidance for flight instructors on including weather and risk-management skills in flight review activities.

We can’t control the weather, but we can control how we deal with it. As we focus on improving GA safety, we’re learning several things about fatal accidents. Weather, maneuvering, and decision-making errors continue to be the largest factors. Too many pilots still head into weather they’re not trained for. Others have trouble with basic skill maneuvers.

You can read the entire transcript here.

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