Giddens' Double Hermeneutics and Patton's Triangulation

As a matter of fact, I assume to talk about the problems of flight training in Taiwan. Last month, two chopper pilots were killed in an accident. Their families immediately lost precious sons, beloved husband, and dear daddy. Few days later, a combat fighter IDF landed on a wrong airport. All evidence showed the pressing need to improve Taiwanese military flight training. Comparing with US aviation, we poorly define in terms of VFR and IFR. The military pilots seldom realize the danger of clouds and fly through without awareness. They should fly under IFR if the visibility is poor. The complacent military pilots have made mistakes and lost their lives. Overall, Taiwan air force should refer to US aviation training to clearly define VFR and IFR. There are too many courses in a half year basic flight training to include patterns, aerobatic flight, formation flight, solo flights, cross country, night flight, basic instrument flight, advanced instrument flight, etc. The military pilots will always confuse VFR and IFR.
其實本來這個月我想談的是台灣飛行訓練的問題,因為上個月陸軍戰鬥直昇機失事意外,使得兩名優秀的飛行員喪失了寶貴的生命,也使他們兩個家庭從此失去了寶貝的孩子,摯愛的丈夫,或親愛的爸爸.而前幾天一架IDF戰機原本應該降落岡山機場卻誤降左營直昇機機場,顯示基礎飛行訓練出了問題需要加以改進.如果比較美國飛行訓練,我們的軍事飛行訓練對目視飛行或儀器飛行的界定太鬆散,常常模稜兩可,甚至於對於穿雲這樣危險的動作居然不以為意.天氣不好能見度差,就應該立即實施儀器飛行,但是我們軍事飛行員的膽識卻用錯了地方,而無端地失去了寶貴的生命.總而言之,基礎飛行訓練應效法美國對目視飛行或儀器飛行採取兩個階段的訓練,當所有目視飛行(約半年)完成後再進行半年的儀器飛行訓練.台灣卻將兩種訓練混合一起半年即結訓 (飛行科目有航線飛行,航線單飛,性能飛行,特技飛行,空域單飛,編隊飛行,編隊單飛,長途飛行,夜航,基本儀器,高級儀器等),結果是訓練不夠扎實,飛行員飛了一輩子老是分不清楚該採目視飛行或儀器飛行,危險一直如影隨行,只是不知道何時將發生.

In addition, my concern is on the extreme attitude of media in Taiwan. The detrimental beliefs of media will harm more people than the aircraft accident. We should consider the role of media in dealing with the information and data. Each individual has his or her own beliefs, so it is almost impossible to be neutral and objective. Therefore, Dr. Giddens claims "Double Hermeneutics" which is to understand what people do, how people understand their world and how that understanding shapes their practice. We should look at the issue from two different angles, rather than one side of extreme viewpoints. Dr. Michael Patton's "Triangulation" reminds us to have more data sources and perspectives when tackling problems. Using extreme people will be very harmful to Taiwan.
而讓我最近更擔心的是台灣新聞媒體的激進報導,這對人們的傷害比航空失事更危害千萬倍.難到台灣學者都沒有發現這嚴重性,還是跟本不知道如何解決.如果不規範媒體處理新聞的角色,那激進的立場將越來越明顯.由於每個人都有自己的信念,要客觀中立幾乎不可能,因此Anthony Giddens教授的Double Hermeneutics雙重釋義理論對台灣社會就相當重要.當我們要解釋一個社會現象時,必須從兩個不同視角來看問題,而不能像傳統社會學那樣走某一極端.深綠或深藍媒體電台都無法真正解讀真正領會社會現象.而Michael Patton教授的Triangulation三角剖析也提醒我們資料來源要多方面,立場要多方面,交叉檢視問題.用極端的看法或人物對台灣的傷害都會很大.