Having to sit down to read all that is probably at least as effective if not more effective than preaching at grown adults/winged aviators.
The binder covers 2+ million flight hours and two or three decades of experience so... yeah... you could say there is some good gouge in there.
^What he said. After 2+ million flight hours in a very simple aircraft, it's crystal clear that anything that can go wrong, has already gone wrong. That binder (which is pretty current, BTW), is good shit, and the lessons contained within have already flashed through my mind a few times a few times in various real-world situations. It has also given me insight into
why our practices and procedures are the way they are...which I pass on to the studs, who tend to be at the stage where they press the "I Believe" button on things, rather than dig and discover the reasoning behind why we do what we do.
We in the military like to throw out the "Failure of Leadership" line whenever anything goes wrong. Well, if you're reinventing the wheel (i.e., hurting people and breaking aircraft) because you weren't proactive and didn't do the homework and learn all you can about your profession, that's a failure of leadership on your part.
MIDNJAC - You're absolutely right to seek out any and all information about mishaps involving your aircraft (and others - there are a lot of FW mishaps whose lessons are easily transferable to the RW world). Do not wait for someone to spoon-feed it to you. I do not want to have another AW memorial fund because you balled up your jet in a mishap that has happened before, and whose "lessons learned" would have kept you alive and kept your jet in the air.
FWIW, I'm not an ASO, but I always give my studs a quick case study on a midair collision involving a C-130 and an AH-1 whenever they discuss FACSFAC (usually during the dreaded Airspace Brief). It's a good study in the capabilities and limitations of FACSFAC, as well as lesson in the need to always remain vigilant at helicopter altitudes, to see-and-avoid, etc. If that case study stands out in one stud's mind and he remembers to keep his...and his crews...head on a swivel at all times, it was well worth the time it took to research, digest, and share the lessons of a mishap that had nothing to do with my T/M/S.