"When You Are the Safety Department - Building Personal Safety Systems"
What keeps you safe when there is no formal safety department and no one looking over your shoulder?
Many aviators work alone or with minimal oversight—single‑Aviators operators, lone IAs, solo tower shifts, and independent airport managers. This episode explores how individual aviators can build personal safety systems using checklists, peer feedback, WINGS and AMT credits, debriefs, and deliberate self‑accountability to substitute for institutional oversight. Aviation maintenance technicians (AMTs), particularly lone IAs, face this challenge daily when working without immediate peer oversight..
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On Second Thought is a monthly, live-streamed aviation safety video series. Each hour-long episode dissects real-world Human Factor Behaviors to identify why pilots continue to make harmful decisions that put themselves and passengers in harm’s way. And most important, this series offers practical personal develop solutions to improve one’s Aeronautical Decision Making skills
With a 100% focus on Human Factors, the “Final Frontier” of aviation safety education, this first of its’ kind series draws from FAA, NTSB, and international safety and human factors research to highlight:
The Individual Pilot Characteristics that influence Aeronautical Decision Making
By combining expert analysis with FAA WINGS / AMT / IA credit, interactive learning tools, and Lightspeed Aviation sponsorship integration, On Second Thought will directly improve safety awareness, and help shape behavior.
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Jolie Lucas is a licensed psychotherapist and Owner of Cascade Counseling, Inc., currently practicing in the State of California in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations. However, Jolie Lucas is not your psychotherapist. No material presented in the OST online video presentations and podcasts, on the website onsecondthought.me, or via any other OST information resource may be considered as, or for, diagnosis or therapy for any medical condition. No medical services are implied, offered, or provided by anyone associated with the production or presentation of OST.
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JOLIE LUCAS - Presenter
Jolie Lucas makes her home on the Central Coast of California with her mini-Golden, Mooney. Jolie is a Mooney owner, licensed psychotherapist, and instrument-rated commercial pilot. Jolie is a nationally-known aviation presenter, educator, and aviation writer. Jolie has been a practicing psychotherapist for 33 years. She is the Region 4 Vice President of the California Pilots Association. She is the 2010 AOPA Joseph Crotti Award recipient for General Aviation Advocacy.
Jolie Lucas is a licensed psychotherapist and Owner of Cascade Counseling, Inc., currently practicing in the State of California in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations. However, Jolie Lucas is not your psychotherapist. No material presented in the OST online video presentations and podcasts, on the website onsecondthought.me, or via any other OST information resource may be considered as, or for, diagnosis or therapy for any medical condition. No medical services are implied, offered, or provided by anyone associated with the production or presentation of OST.
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HARVEY MADISON - Presenter
Harvey Madison is an Instructional Designer for a major flight simulator manufacturer with over 30 years of professional experience applying Adult Learning Theory and research-based education techniques across several industries. Currently, he works with with public and private organizations groups to help aviators achieve maximum safety, including as a FAASTeam Training Provider.
Outside of aviation, Harvey volunteers as a ham radio operator in the Amateur Radio Emergency Services as a Net Controller, as a storm spotter for SkyWarn, and is a devoted fan of his beloved Chicago Cubs.
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