The context of my story
is based a personal experience of mine as a junior aviator in the Armed Forces.
I was both young as an officer and as a pilot, more over a pilot in command. I
allowed the elements to control my decision making and failed to properly plan
for the weather. This resulted in a causation effect that potentially impacted
the next day’s operations. This was a learning experience and I’ve this story
several times as I’d mentor junior pilots. Y sharing this story my knowledge
and personal feelings are conveyed and hopefully helps as people make decisions
in the future.
Expeditious Failure:
It was a bitter cold
afternoon which rolled into a rainy winter night. We completed a through
pre-flight inspection in the warmth of our hanger to ensure our aircraft was
mechanically sounds prior to the training flight. As our training mission was
wrapping up after the sun went down we all dreaded the rainy walk from the parking
apron back into the hanger. Once the engines and rotor blades stopped our minds
were focused on getting out of the cold rain. We rushed through post flight and
expeditiously tied and chained the aircraft. When I arrived at work the next
day I found out a support mission was cancelled due to maintenance. It was
discovered that our transmission filter button had popped and we failed to
catch it during post flight. Even through there’s a possibility it popped well
after we left I could not say with certainty. If we caught it they could have
repaired it in time to support the missions. Our negligence was an expeditious
failure to our flawless support.
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