Comments As A Result Of The Buffalo Accident

 

There is nothing yet to suggest the cause of this accident. 

 

There are so many safety systems on planes now that it becomes hard to imagine how an accident can happen. Flying is simple: you accelerate - on the runway - to a speed at which the air is as thick as jello. Then a bit more speed is added as a safety cushion.


 

Then, the pilot points the nose slightly upward, and the plane has no option other than to cut through the jello-like air and go where the plane is pointed.

 

Try this in your imagination

 

Imagine a plate of jello in front of you, one which - instead of cubes of pineapple, mandarin oranges and grapes - has a little model airplane suspended in it. Come in from behind the plane with shish kabob skewers. Put the tips on the rear of the engines and force the plane in your jello to cut forward.


 

Try and see if you can even imagine the plane going anywhere except where it is pointed. I doubt if you can, because, once air is that thick, the plane can only go where it is pointed.

 

There are only to things that can go wrong




  • slow down below "jello speed

  • run into  something 




Airliners don't fly too slow because warning systems  would tell us if we started to slow down too much.


 

Airliners don't run into other planes because TCAS shows the pilots where the other planes are. It tells the pilots what to do if one becomes a collision hazard.

 

Airliners don't run into the ground because GPWS warns the pilots about that.

 

Thus, it has become very difficulty to imagine what would cause an accident


 

That being the case, you must employ some discipline and not engage in imagination. Why is that important? Here is an email asking how to deal with an accident in the news:


 


"I am ever so grateful for the newsletters you send out on a regular basis; and even more so for those that are sent after unfortunate events.  I have gotten to the point that I do not watch or listen to any news about such events as they only create more anxiety for me.  Instead, I wait for your emails and go with that as fact and that's all I need and want."



"In an upcoming newsletter (I imagine you are working on one right now) can you please provide some tips on how to deal with others that are fixated on the constant news stories and repeating every detail for days on end?  I am finding it harder and harder to avoid news that I know is not good for me and not useful to my life whether it be about flying or otherwise."

 

Don't let the media suck you in

 

Here is another email:


 

"I was watching MSNBC just now, and someone was saying the plane had a new technology to "de-ice" it in the middle of the flight,  I never heard of this before."

 

The media is not in the business of given you facts; they are in the business of capturing and holding your attention so they can get more money for their ads. The more viewers, the more revenue from ads. You will not get factual information for two reasons. One is, they don't care about giving you factual information. Two is, they don't have any.

 

Ignore the media. Take the example of this email. The weather was not challenging, though the media will - as always -
suggest weather was an issue since there was some very light snow at
the time. "New technology" to 'de-ice' in the middle of the flight" was developed back before World War II. Every airliner operating today has de-icing equipment built in. It is neither new nor experimental, but the media - as usual - gets it wrong. 


 

Why you should avoid imagination




When you first imagine something going wrong on a flight, you know you are engaging in imagination of that. But if you continue imagining that same thing, at some point, you memorize it.



That makes things different. When something is stored in memory, the distinction between something that really happened and something imagined is lost. Once that distinction is lost, when it comes to mind, it carries the authority and the weight of reality.



This is why it is important to NOT engage in imagination - at least not repeatedly - of an air disaster, even one that took place, because it will lodge in your mind as memory and then have power to cause trouble.

 

Even an event that happened should not be imagined. You really didn't see it with your eye, so what you see with your mind's eye will not be accurate.




Though something you KNOW is imagination will not worry you a great
deal, when imagination memorized, what comes to mind does cause trouble. 


 

When you start to imagine disaster, or when you start to imagine what happened in an accident, stop. If needed, use the 5-4-3-2-1.




If you have the SOAR materials

 

use the Strengthening Exercise on the thoughts that are bothering you. If you are not sure how to do that, 

go to  http://soar.genbook.com and set up a session with me.






If you don't have the SOAR materials

 



enroll right now and get flying problems over with. You will feel better as soon as you make the decision.


 




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