My son visited recently. We learned how to fly radio controlled models together over 25 years ago. After leaving home he didn’t fly them again until this visit. Having a couple of
flights, he did a beautiful job. That doesn’t surprise me, as he is currently a commercial
airline pilot, and previously flew KC-135 tankers as well as UAVs. As he has been watching the RC Jim videos, he has heard me talk about various incidents – mine and others. He
said to me: “Dad, you guys are much too casual about risk.” (or something to that
effect) For some reason he thinks that crashing ought not to be part of flying!
Imagine that!
Well, that did get me thinking about giving more attention to risk management. We do that in business – whether it has to do with a product that we manufacture, or just the operation of the business itself. And with that attention we then put in elements to protect it and us.
So, in the videos that I’m producing related to this article, I want to go through an evaluation
of risk management regarding our flying, determine the risks, work out how to avoid and/or
manage them, then make some recommendations related to that.
So, have a look at, and feel free to download my thoughts about risk management. I’ve tried to put this into a format that you can use as you train others in your club.
This the sort of thing that is great to sit down and have a chat about. I would love to do that with you over a cup of coffee, but the distance may be a bit of an issue. But here’s an idea. You can buy me a cup of coffee, then we can have the chat either on this page or on our YouTube channel! And, by the way, thanks for the cuppa!
RC Jim 