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>I'm guessing this trust is broken every now and then. I'm guessing who you work for has a big influence on how much trust there was in the first place.

• pc86 5y ago
  The reports don't go to your employer, at least in the US. ASRS reports[0] go right to the FAA and pilots are incentivized to submit them - it's not a get out of jail free card, but if you're contacted for enforcement/education later, it's a huge mark in your favor to be able to pull up an ASRS number (that you get when you submit) and say that you submitted one thirty minutes after the incident. I've spoken to one or two pilots who have had the FAA drop an enforcement action after providing them the number. [0] https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/ https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/
  • watersb 5y ago
    I don't recall if I've heard directly from pilots who have had enforcements dropped when self-reporting to the FAA - my brief time as a student pilot was 20 years ago. But what I do recall is a culture of risk reduction, working the problem, an "If you see something, say something" mentality. Then again, everyone has stories of encountering errors that had become part of someone's routine. You don't run to the FAA, you ask questions. There are tough calls, sometimes. Every pilot has made potentially fatal mistakes. Every living pilot has caught a mistake before it caused an uncontrollable situation, or got lucky. Usually a bit of both... but the luck runs out.