飛航教育

今天又有一架空軍F-5F戰機失事兩名優秀的飛行員殉職. 依個人之見除了應將飛機汰舊換新之外, 最根本的是應該檢討目前飛行員的飛航教育. 其實飛行真的一點都不難, 油門一推滾行加速到起飛速度, 帶一點桿飛機自然就起飛了. 飛行難的是如何保護自己的安全, 要了解空氣動力, 飛機特性, 操作程序與限制, 飛航規定, 航空醫學及心理學等. 國內需要更多的飛航專家從事飛航教育, 才能提升飛行員素質. 但是台灣真正接受完整飛航教育的人太少, 不信的話請他們出示成績單修課紀錄, 就可以證明在下所言是否屬實. 這就好像只要出過國就可以教英文, 但其中主修英語教學的博士卻是少之又少. 航空界我想很多應該都是派訓至美國短期進修, 就以為自己已經渡金, 但其實所學只是皮毛, 唬唬外行人可以, 卻無法真正解決問題. 看看美國飛航教育, 再反觀國內就知道飛航教育到底有多欠缺了.

Two military pilots flying F-5F were killed today in an aircraft accident. My opinions are 1. to retire the old airplanes and 2. to reform aviation education in Taiwan. How to fly is easy. You simply push the throttle and accelerate the airplane. Take off when reaching the certain speed. However, it is difficult to promote the flight safety. A pilot must understand aeronautics, aircraft operations, flight limitations, space regulations, aviation physiology and psychology. We need more aviation specialists to reform the aviation education in Taiwan. Yet, Taiwanese aviation specialists do not really study in aviation majors. Their transcripts will tell you what they studied. This situation is very similar to that in Taiwan everyone can teach English as long as they study abroad. Somehow, very few of them are having a major in English Language Teaching. In aviation, I believe most of aviation specialists are sent to the US for a short training. With limited knowledge, they cannot solve the problems. Referring to aviation education in the US, we will know there is a pressing need to improve ours.