Podcast: Aviation Safety Culture Change Urged

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Key Takeaways:

  • Mike Slack, whose law firm provided background for a controversial USA Today story on general aviation (GA) safety, suggests GA should not "shoot the messenger."
  • Slack advocates for meaningful changes in how airplanes are built and how accidents are investigated, rather than focusing on the controversial story itself.
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Mike Slackfounded the law firm of Slack and Davis, headquartered in Austin with offices in Dallas and Fort Worth,which provided much of the background information for the controversial USA Today story that examined general aviation safety a couple of weeks ago. Slack, an IFR-rated pilot and owner of a turbo 182 and a T-6, told AVweb’s Russ Niles that rather than shoot the messenger, GA should be looking at meaningful changes to the way airplanes are built and accidents investigated.

Duration: 15:55

File Size: 14.5 MB download here

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