Flight Discipline

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Summary: Consumer Endorsement Appearing in Aviation Week Magazine
Review: "All professional aviators should own a copy of 'Flight Discipline'. This book addresses all of the important issues regarding crew resource management, decision-making, error management, etc."

-Capt. (Ret) Roger H. Waldman (Bellingham, WA)

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Summary: REALLY 4.5 STARS
Review: An excellent book about the essential discipline of flight.

I had three minor problems with the book which would not keep me from recommending it to others as a must read. I will focus on these rather than the positives because the other reviewers have done an excellent job

Several incidents would benefit from a little more data which would give the reader a better understanding of the situation.

I found the discussion of the Ron Brown crash implausable. That a crew with limited experience in ADF flying would not have selected the beacon at the airport which lay ahead and defined the MAP.

Finally , a nunber of the incidents are duplications of those in A Darker Shade of Blue. My guess is that there are enough lumps of smoking aluminum around to offer fresh meat for each of the book ie The AA 965.

These minor comments aside it is a must read

Rating:
Summary: REALLY 4.5 STARS
Review: An excellent book about the essential discipline of flight.

I had three minor problems with the book which would not keep me from recommending it to others as a must read. I will focus on these rather than the positives because the other reviewers have done an excellent job

Several incidents would benefit from a little more data which would give the reader a better understanding of the situation.

I found the discussion of the Ron Brown crash implausable. That a crew with limited experience in ADF flying would not have selected the beacon at the airport which lay ahead and defined the MAP.

Finally , a nunber of the incidents are duplications of those in A Darker Shade of Blue. My guess is that there are enough lumps of smoking aluminum around to offer fresh meat for each of the book ie The AA 965.

These minor comments aside it is a must read

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Summary: Great read
Review: If you're a student or recently licensed pilot, this book should be on your must read list. In spite of it's heft, it's a pretty quick read.

Tony Kern (a former B1 instructor pilot) does an excellent job of conveying the importance (necessity) of discipline in safe flying, as well as explaining some easily overlooked points such as: how to tell when you're missing it, how to acquire it and how to maintain it. Though he focusses on aviation, most of the book's points are generally applicable to any sizeable undertaking.

My only criticism (and it's a minor point) is that some of the impact of the cases will be lost unless you're familiar with instrument flying.

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Summary: Well-researched, thought-provoking, and challenging.
Review: LTC Kern's Flight Discipline gives the reader an enormous education on professionalism in the cockpit in just under 400 pages. His book is one that should be on the required reading list for any serious pilot, especially those in crewed aircraft.

It will make you a better pilot.

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Summary: Required reading!
Review: This is certainly a must read book for pilots, from students like myself, to those on the top of the aviation food chain. Mr. Kern provides the WHY pilots MUST follow procedures like using checklists to making good decisions on when and when not to fly or the need to be in strict compliance with FAR/AIM's. His points are illustrated with numerous mishaps and close calls when pilots chose to break the rules. There is nothing more riveting than to "stand on the shoulder of giants" and learn from countless mistakes from both the military and civilian arenas of aviation. This most certainly will make me a better informed pilot. Thanks Lt. Col. Kern

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Summary: Best Aviation Human Factors Book I've Read!
Review: Tony Kern has left no rock unturned as he microscopes the complex topic of human factors down to its very essence -- flight discipline!

In sum, "there are old pilots, and bold pilots...but no old bold pilots!" Kern's book, unlike any other I've read, will equip you to become that "old pilot"!

As a flight instructor, I recommend this book to ALL my students because if the principles in this book are applied, it is the perfect preventative medicine to most pilot error accidents!