A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

  • Published
  • By Lt. Commander P. (Ben) Wahl
  • 5th Wing Medical Center
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada --  From the 5th Wing Medical Center ... please continue the excellent mix of articles dealing with both aviation safety and the personal health and safety aspect of our lives. Your magazine is unique in my experience, in regularly addressing both of these areas, which, after all, are inextricably connected.

A habit of risk taking or corner cutting in our daily lives translates into a habit of the same approach at work even though we tell ourselves that it won't. We think that the knowledge of the importance of working on or flying a multimillion dollar aircraft will make us act differently. As you undoubtedly know, it doesn't!

Your magazine's approach attacks this weak spot in our thinking (dare I say in our self delusions?). We say, "Train like you fight." Perhaps we should say, "Live like you fight."
After all, this is just another way of saying, "Live life to the fullest."
And why not? Life is short enough as it is!