AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 104

NEWS & NOTES

AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE

Need a second opinion?
THE AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE’S Mobile Flight Risk Evaluator helps you make
those tough go/no-go decisions.
Have you ever struggled to decide whether an upcoming flight is safe for
you? Maybe you’ve searched for one more piece of information that would
seal the deal on a go/no-go decision? The trouble is that we can be prone to
overestimate our abilities to navigate tricky situations, and that optimism can
come at a high cost.
To help make the safest choice when it comes to that murky area of Am
I up to making this flight? the Air Safety Institute has taken the features of
its popular online Flight Risk Evaluator and put that power in the palm of
your hand.

The Mobile Flight Risk Evaluator, available for your iPhone, iPad, or
Android device, takes into account your pilot experience, aircraft capabilities, weather, and airport conditions to create an objective look at how
safe any particular flight is for you. Designed to help you make those tough
calls while removing the pressure of the mission from the decision-making
process, the app provides safety recommendations by highlighting flight
segments that are within your capabilities, and alerting you to those that
might be unsafe.
It only takes a few minutes to enter flight-specific data, and you can email
the results from your device. Having a record of flight conditions before you
make your decision can help you develop your own set of personal minimums for future reference. Visit the website (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/
apps/flightrisk) to review FAQs and download the application, or access the
app directly from your device by visiting the Google Play or iTunes stores.

ASI’S FALL SEMINAR: WEATHER CHALLENGE
WEB

Visit (www.airsafetyinstitute.org/seminars) for dates and locations.

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ASI TAKES ON WINTER
WEATHER WORRIES

BEFORE COLD TEMPERATURES and icy drizzle thoroughly chill the sky this winter, it’s
a good idea to fire up your computer and
participate in the Air Safety Institute’s
“Ice Week” from November 3 through
November 9. Each day during Ice Week,
learn how to combat debilitating precipitation and icing phenomena—and how to
avoid treacherous icing encounters.
You may already know why any amount
of structural icing is dangerous—even a little bit—or that the top of the clouds may
hold the worst icing. But did you know
that almost half of all icing-related accidents happened to pilots with more than
1,000 hours total time? Heed the warning:
Experience grants no immunization when
it comes to icing. Let ASI be your guide to
its terrific free resources on this topic, such
as videos, courses, quizzes, accident case
studies, and real pilot stories.
ON THE

WEB

be held on Wednesday, November 6, at 7
p.m. Eastern time (www.airsafetyinstitute.
org/iceweek).

http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/iceweek http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/iceweek http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/apps/flightrisk http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/apps/flightrisk http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/iceweek http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/iceweek http://www.airsafetyinstitute.org/seminars

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