Jason: Hey, MZeroA Nation, Jason here,
alongside the love of my life, my co-pilot in life, Magda.
Day 22 of the 31 Day Safer Pilot Challenge.
And, Magda wants to share, really, how we work as a team in the cockpit.
Magda is also the champion of our co-pilot course
that we're hoping to launch
once we can get back to Aviation Mastery in person.
Families that fly together stay together.
Magda: Right. Jason: Right.
And, it goes deeper than that.
This isn't just a co-pilot course.
It's for spouses and partners and friends and sons and daughters.
Whoever you fly with the most is who this is for.
But, this is not a, "Hey, your pilot passed out.
What do you do?"
We cover that, but it's how to truly be an asset in the cockpit.
And, that's what we're going to share.
So, first off, sweetheart, share how this idea came about.
And, let's share what we do and what our viewers can do
to make their next flight the safest and the absolute best.
Magda: Yeah, so first of all, we believe it's a tool that
we can help non-pilots enjoy aviation a little bit more.
Jason: Absolutely.
Magda: If we are more aware of what's happening, we enjoy.
We are not afraid.
And, also, by sharing, we want to help everybody to be safer out there, right?
Jason: Of course, yeah.
Magda: So, I believe it was in Aviation Mastery 1,
you mentioned an NTSB report and you said that,
"I believe around 85% of the accidents where a single pilot."
Is that right?
Jason: You're spot on it.
They work the math backwards.
It's 15.2% of accidents had two pilots on board.
So, you reverse engineer the math, and that means 85% of all accidents,
and there's around 900 accidents every single year,
and this number always hovers around there.
85% of accidents have one pilot on board.
Now, many people on board, but one certificated pilot,
actually, on board.
So, of those accidents that had two certificated pilots on board, 15%.
That's it.
I'm talking exponentially safer
when you add another pilot to the equation.
And, that is our goal.
And, Magda wants to become a certificated pilot.
Magda: Yes.
Jason: You may be saying,
"Jason, my spouse, my partner, my son, my daughter,
they don't want to be a pilot,
but they want to be an asset in the cockpit."
Well, I'm going to argue,
that stat's not just for being a certificated pilot.
You can be a team in the cockpit, whether you're a pilot or not.
So, let's go through our system because we show up to the airplane.
And, let's just say we're flying 2-3-Mike-Zulu.
And, I start my pre-flight.
But, Magda has her routine she goes through,
and this took some coaching, some training on our part.
So, sweetie, I'm pre-flighting the airplane.
What are you up to while I'm doing my pre-flight?
Magda: So, first of all, I start loading the airplane.
I have never learned about the importance of weight and balance and all of these.
And, now that I understand it a little bit more,
I know what goes up front in the cockpit with us,
what needs to go in the back.
So, I load the airplane.
I work on tie-downs.
Easy stuff.
But, I believe it really helps you, just making sure all the wheels are clear.
Also, help you with what you mentioned, the dummy check.
Jason: The dummy check.
Well, we haven't mentioned it yet.
The grounds members know, but two days from now, day 24,
we'll be sharing the dummy check.
I want to spoil it.
So, you got to watch.
I know you made it this far, day 22.
I want you to keep going here with us.
We talk about the dummy check.
I do my dummy check.
You have a fun story because you have your own dummy check.
She goes behind me,
and then does her own dummy check, as we call it.
Share your kind of fun story, that I think we're flying--
I don't know where we're flying from.
Magda: California, I believe, with 2-3-Mike-Zulu.
And, we were flying, and we stopped at an FBO.
I can't remember exactly what it was.
And, we land, and we saw this huge group of kids and students and fans
who wanted to just meet Jason and to take pictures.
And, of course, Jason, he loves hearing
every single one of your stories and taking pictures.
And, anyways, he was even doing a private checkride.
Jason: I don't know.
It's like a mock checkride on the ramp with the kid.
Magda: Helping a kid. Amazing.
At the same time, they were filling the airplane.
And, I was stepping out on the side to look a little bit around.
And, I saw that the line guy did a great job filling the airplane,
but forgot to put the fuel cap on.
Jason: I think he was a fan, too, and was watching the crowd.
But, it goes to show you,
distraction can snowball and radiate out like a little ripple.
You throw out stone in the pond that can ripple out.
And, even the line guy was distracted. And, you're right.
Magda: So, I saw that Jason was so into helping this beautiful student.
And, I didn't want to interrupt, but I didn't want to forget, either.
So, I saw that.
And, I had to go to Jason and say,
"Hey, baby, I think the fuel cap is not on.
Could you please go check?"
Jason: And, you were spot on.
Again, dummy check after dummy check
of this of the silly little things like that.
Day 24, two days from now, so be watching for that one as well.
Now, it's not just on the ground, sweetheart.
You help me so much in flight.
On our IFR clearances, we use CRAFT as the acronym for IFR pilots,
for the "T" in CRAFT is transponder.
You've got your hands on the transponder.
You're ready to key that in.
It's one less thing I have to actually key in.
You listen to the ATIS with me.
And, you hear the altimeter,
and you put the altimeter over there on the [unin].
Altimeter settings on check-ins,
when I check in with Miami Center and they give us Miami altimeter is this,
she's queued that up.
The frequency changes, even.
Were just flying, recently.
2-3-Mike-Zulu, contact JAX approach 118.6.
While I am keying up the mic to say, "118.6,"
she's over there getting 118.6 in there and ready to go.
So, these things don't just happen, though.
You have to teach.
You have to give permission.
You have to show that these are some of the things I want you to help with.
And, that's what we're going to teach in this co-pilot course
in person at Aviation Mastery.
And, you take a step further, though.
If you want to talk about on landing, I've got my hands full on landing.
We've been landing with some gusty winds lately, too.
I need three hands to fly the airplane, it seems like,
in some of the winds we've been dealing with in Florida, lately.
But, share kind of how you help on landing,
even, to that process.
Magda: Mostly, when we go to new airports or new areas,
I help to check the taxi diagrams and the ground frequencies,
and help at night to spot the beacons.
Jason: Wow, what a good point.
Magda: Yes, when we're flying to Texas, right?
Jason: Texas, we had the issue.
Coming into Lantana, we had the issue.
When you have so many city lights around you,
the beacon's old and just--
Magda: And, we were tired.
Jason: Tired, yeah, and the beacon doesn't work how it should.
You saw in, I believe it was day three,
where we did the emergency failure spiral down.
You ran my emergency checklist.
That's not just a show.
That's what really happens in the cockpit.
She can run through the checklist.
I'll do my before-landing checklist from memory.
She'll grab the checklist and confirm it to make sure everything is done,
ending with our seatbelts.
So, we share all this to say that, although Magda is a student pilot and--
well, I'm a student pilot, too.
We'll always be student pilots because good pilot is always learning.
We can work as a team in the cockpit.
And, while these things might seem small, I can tell you, they compound.
And, they make a very big difference in the long run
of just making IFR flights easier,
VFR flights easier,
flights into new airports that much easier,
to have someone we can lean on.
Now, I share this.
If you're doing this with a spouse or a son or a friend,
it doesn't really matter.
You can't get angry with them in this process, right?
You have to put on the flight instructor hat.
And, it takes a few times to show how the radios work and how to listen,
how to practice good CRM with that person in the cockpit.
So, I would urge you to take your time, be patient.
Patience was a big key in this for us.
Magda: One thing that really helped was knowing when I can talk
and when I have to listen in the ground during taxi.
Jason: It's a sterile cockpit. Magda: Exactly.
Jason: And, don't try to teach this whole list we gave you all at once.
Just slowly work your way into it.
And, that is going to be the secret to this.
So, MzeroA Nation, how are you a flying?
And, how are you exercising CRM, Crew Resource Management,
with your non-flying spouse, partner, friend, son, daughter,
whomever that may be for you?
The data doesn't lie.
Having a second pilot on board makes you exponentially safer.
So, get out there and say,
"Hey, I'm going to teach my co-pilot how to help on pre-flight,
how to open up ForeFlight, how to do the most basic things
and build off of those tiny successes."
It's going to make them more comfortable.
It's going to make you safer, to make each of you safer,
as you fly through the skies.
We can't wait to read your comments below this video on YouTube,
on Facebook, on MzeroA.com.
Have a blessed, amazing rest of your day.
And most importantly, remember,
that a good pilot is always learning.
Have a great day, everyone. We'll see you.