COVID-19 Lessons - AVweb
COVID-19 Lessons When COVID-19 hit the U.S., the national airspace system (NAS) went from often saturated to seldom used. What does that do to a culture so focused on safety? The first thing that happened was a sudden shift in “safety” concerns over to handling COVID-19. Should I go fly? Wear a mask? But, where we began and where we’re headed now are two very different paradigms. The aviation safety culture we’ve built over decades is somewhat perishable—it’s not just like “riding a bike”—and it’s dynamic in that some things have to change and adapt to new realities for th...