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Title: Darker Shades of Blue: The Rogue Pilot by Tony T. Kern, Anthony T. Kern ISBN: 0-07-034927-4 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 31 January, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: AN ANSWER TO A PSYCHOLOGICAL PUZZLEMENT!
Comment: Kern gives practical advice for spotting, dealing with, and preventing lapses in judgement and discipline that make a "rogue" aviator dangerous. This should be a must book for all pilots and aviation managers.
For a perfect complement, also read Keshner's COCKPIT CONFESSIONS OF AN AIRLINE PILOT, which is fun, brilliant, and belies its title.
Rating: 4
Summary: GREAT BOOK - MUST READ FOR SERIOUS PILOTS
Comment: Excellent book and a useful outline for self evaluation.
Stories used to illustrate the points are, for the most part, well written and also appear to be well researched.
I gave it only 4 stars because it seemed to suffer from a mild case of political correctness. Examples -
According to other sources the F-14 loss of control on departure accident which took 5 lives had a tie to the push to get Carla Hultgreen and her fellow F-14 pilot thru training. The doomed pilot of this airplane was rated below standards but above the female pilots in the same squadron and thus allowed to continue.
The discussion of the Ron Brown crash places a lot of blame on the squadron leadership for sending the aircraft on a mission in violation of regs. However, the major breakdown was the failure of Air Force leadership to tell the State and Commerce Dept that if you expect us to fly with this primitive nav equipement don't expect service to all these airports and the President and Congress who in their rush to cut defense spending put these aircraft on the line. Perhaps a discussion of the fact that the female officer in command may have felt some special pressure to complete the mission was warranted.
Another minor complaint is that more details would help in understanding the issues surounding some of the crashes . For example if the reported weather is included then stating the applicable minimums, rather than just saying the weather was below minimums would have been helpful.
Beyond these few issues this is an excellent read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Darker, disturbing hues
Comment: Mr. Kern has suceeded in bringing to the forefront what I consider one of the greatest challenges to aviation: the rogue, undisciplined pilot. Rogues will continue to be a source of danger not only to themselves but their crews, passengers and people on the ground and this book should be required reading for everyone with a certificate (and even those who aren't pilots). Kudos to Mr. Kern for an eye-opening look at this threat.
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Title: Flight Discipline by Anthony T. Kern ISBN: 0070343713 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Redefining Airmanship by Anthony T. Kern ISBN: 0070342849 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Controlling Pilot Error: Culture, Environment, and CRM (Crew Resource Management) by Anthony T. Kern ISBN: 0071373624 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 07 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Controlling Pilot Error: Situational Awareness by Paul A. Craig ISBN: 0071373217 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Controlling Pilot Error: Approach and Landing (Controlling Pilot Error Series) by Anthony T. Kern ISBN: 0071386386 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 30 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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