“After reading ... accounts ... of minor accidents of light, it is little wonder that the average man would far rather watch someone else fly and read of the narrow escapes from death when some pilot has had a forced landing or a blowout, than to ride himself. Even in the postwar days of now obsolete equipment, nearly all of the serious accidents were caused by inexperienced pilots who where then allowed to fly or attempt to fly-without license or restrictions about anything they could coax into the air.” MenLittlesLightReadingWonderWatchesAirSeriousAccountsSafetyAverageAccidentsAviationPilotsMinorsEquipmentLicenseRestrictionObsoleteLandingAverage ManBlowouts Author:Charles Lindbergh
“Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots.” ProtectSafetyAviationPilotsPassengers Author:David Neeleman
“During this period Steen and Fox were killed trying a single-engine instrument approach at Moline. Then Campbell and Leatherman hit a ridge near Elko, Nevada. In both incidents the official verdict was 'pilot error,' but since their passengers, who were innocent of the controls, also failed to survive, it seemed that fate was the hunter. As it had been and would be.” TryingWould BeFatePeriodsApproachSafetyInstrumentsErrorsInnocentOfficialsAviationEnginesPilotsFoxesHuntersIncidentsPassengersVerdictRidgesNevada Author:Ernest K. Gann
“I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane. I am considerate of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety.” KnowsNeedsLostRiskSafetyPilotsAirplaneCeoMechanicAirlineAircraftConsiderateBe ConsiderateConsiderate And Caring Author:Gordon Bethune
“The pilots I worked with in the aerospace industry were willing to put on almost anything to keep them safe in case of a crash, but regular people in cars don't want to be uncomfortable even for a minute.” PeopleWantScienceCasesMinutesCarHuman NatureWillingIndustrySafeSafetyUncomfortablePilotsCrashAerospace Author:Nils Bohlin
“For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.” ThinkingBodyLeadershipSafetyKingdomsShipsPilotsFlocksShepherdsMonarchsStewardsHealth And Safety Author:Elizabeth I
“What if airplane pilots said, 'my first three years were a wreck'? We worry about the safety of people at the hands of these other professions. Why don't we worry about children being at the hands of an adult, even a well-meaning adult, who doesn't know what he or she is doing?” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsFirstsWellsChildrenSaidHandsThreeWorryAdultsSafetyProfessionWhat IfThree YearsPilotsAirplaneWrecks Author:Deborah