I think "excellence" is about owning mistakes, not being 100% perfect 100% of the time. Here is an interview with a former Blue Angel #8 One of the tenets we a

I think "excellence" is about owning mistakes, not being 100% perfect 100% of the time. Here is an interview with a former Blue Angel #8 One of the tenets we are taught as a Blue Angel is the ability to admit when we've made a mistake, or have not "achieved perfection." This is done in the form of "Safeties." Each debrief is started by an around the room tally of "safeties", starting with the Boss and working down to the supply officer in order. For example when it was my turn I might say "I'll take a safety for late hits on the Low Break Cross and Fortus and an additional safety for an early hit on the Delta Roll. I'll also pay $5 for not shaving before I went downstairs for a coffee and I'll pay $5 for a zipper. I'll fix it tomorrow, Glad to Be Here." This is essentially telling the Team that I made mistakes on 3 maneuvers and also recognize I violated policy by being in public unshaven and for having a zipper on my flight suit unzipped. Since the latter two are policy violations, they cost me $5. The essence of my mistakes is not important, that will come out during the meat of the tape review during the debrief, but the fact that I recognized them and owned up to them IS important. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/confessions-of-a-us-navy-blue-angel-1689568343 http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/confessions-of-a-us-navy-bl...