CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 13 Issue 4 - 2

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CONTENTS
From the Editor: Collision Avoidance Resource Center
BY MACHTELD SMITH
Crew Resource Management for CFIs
BY TERRIE MEAD
ASI Message: Inspiring Pilots
BY RICHARD G. MCSPADDEN, JR.
CFI News
CFI Tips: We're Only Human
BY KATHLEEN VASCONCELOS
New CFI: Things I Wish I Had Known as a New CFI
BY DAVID ST. GEORGE
Checkride Checklist: DPE Answers for Students and CFIs
BY ASI STAFF
Accident Case Study: Hazardous Attitudes
BY ASI STAFF
Chart Challenge: Varying Magnetic Variation
BY MACHTELD SMITH
Pilot Short Story: The French Disconnection
BY ASI STAFF
You Can Fly: Flight Training's Hidden Gold
BY CHRIS MOSER
Safety Quiz: Night Ops
CFI Tools: Be Winter Weather Wise
BY MACHTELD SMITH
Chief's Corner: Eating Humble Pie
BY JOHN COLLINS
ASI Safety Tip: Aiming Point
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LETTERS
HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN LEGS?
I must comment on the recent article Aviation Spoken Here by
Ed Helmick. In discussing the phrase " Closed Traffic " he defines
the traffic pattern as having five legs. In stating those legs, he
either omitted the departure leg or incorrectly identified the
departure leg as the upwind leg.
Instructing for 15 years, and in my 55 years of being
a certificated pilot, I am amazed at how entrenched this
misrepresentation of the departure leg has become. Whether
referencing the PHAK, AIM, or other FAA publications,
nowhere can I find the upwind leg defined as the extended
centerline of the departure runway up to within 300 feet of the
traffic pattern altitude.
Of course, safety comes from standardization. Since the
use of upwind leg seems to have become synonymous for
departure leg, I wonder if we have created a normalization of
deviation unwittingly?
Thank you for the great work you do in contributing to the
atmosphere of safety within our community. I use your articles,
videos, and courses regularly in guiding students toward a
lifetime of safe flying. -Bob Wood, CFI
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