Thursday and Friday are spent in meetings. On Thursday it was about STC and training. On Friday, MAF held a technical conference. This as a regularly scheduled event where the MAF aviation staff in Papua get together and cover various topics. The theme of the day comes from Tony Kern’s book, Redefining Airmanship. We cover such topics as aerodynamic flutter, closing of runways, avionics maintenance, and accident reviews; however the favorite of the day is the SYE or Share Your Experience time. The best story gets a case of Coke as the prize. Because none of us pilots and mechanics will live long enough to make all the mistakes, this is confession time and learning time, confessing our mistakes so that others may learn. It takes courage and humility to admit mistakes, and usually the senior people on the program lead off to be an example to others. It is a great time of review and reminding. The winner of a case of Coke this time around goes to Nathan, the new guy on the program. Nathan told and absolutely hilarious story of the day he applied to be a pilot for parachute jumpers. His career as a jump pilot ended after just one day, but what a memorable day it was! Their loss, our gain. I could not do the story justice by recalling it from memory, so you’re just going to have to ask Nathan yourself.
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