What bugs me, and tell me if I’m wrong, is seeing people operating on a flight crew with no aviation and aerial work sense. Over the last ten years as I’ve expanded from just military sensor operations to civilian I’ve noticed one major thing. That major thing, especially on the civilian side, is the blindness of both the individual who says “Cool, I’ll work the sensor while you fly Mr. Pilot” and the organizations that allow people on a flight crew without proper training & standards.
Why is this? Is it because people in the aviation and aerial remote-sensing business don’t care or because it really won’t affect flight safety, the data collection or the flight organizations bottom-line? Or better yet, the PIC can handle it all if the half ASO/Half passenger goes Tango Uniform during the flight.
My thought on this is: REALLY! Is that the best we can do as an industry sector? What are your thoughts?
Patrick Ryan
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