Every pilot has had at least one flight that has taught them a lasting lesson about flying. That’s a close call—a hard-won lesson too valuable to keep to yourself.
Flight Safety Australia wants to hear about your close calls—and we will pay you $500 if yours is published. With our return to printed publication we need more close calls next year. They do not need to be as dramatic (or as expensive!) as the engine failure linked to above.
Close calls can be from any sector of aviation—from paragliders to airline transport, including all types of rotary wing aircraft. We would also welcome close calls from aircraft maintainers, ground handlers and cabin crew.
Generally we prefer to hear about recent incidents to ones from many years ago, and civil close calls to military misadventures, but vivid stories with strong safety messages can break both these ‘rules’ and be strong contenders for publication.
Close calls need to be:
- between 450–1400 words
- written in the first person, ‘I’
- written in an active voice, e.g. ‘I lowered the gear’, not ‘the gear was lowered’
- written with a few lines or words of analysis after the event description
- accompanied by a three-line cover sheet consisting of:
- your name
- your email and phone contacts—to send you your money if published. (If you are tremendously confident of your literary prowess, you may include bank account details!)
- your preference to be named or anonymous.
A close call does not have to be an accident or serious incident. Any flight in which the unexpected brought a lesson in its wake qualifies. Take a look at our online close calls archive for examples.
Send your close calls to fsa@casa.gov.au
Flight Safety Australia: back in print
- Flight Safety Australia is available now by subscription from the CASA Online Store for $39.95 for four issues a year, delivered to your door in Australia.
- Subscribe by 25 August to receive the Spring 2019 issue. Subscribers after that date will receive the Summer issue as their first.
- The first 900 subscribers get the gift of a kneeboard, a multitool or a fuel drain (their choice, stocks permitting) with their subscription.
- Subscribe at shop.casa.gov.au
Great to see the magazine back in print, however this is the 21st century and most publications are electronic.
Try as I might I cannot find any confirmation on your website that the magazine will continue to be distributed electronically via the iPad app, and that this will continue to be free.
Could you please confirm that this is the case?