We did some fun exercises in small groups to teach us better ways to listen as well as communicate. You know how you can have someone talking to you and before they even finish you have ten questions or 2 solutions to what they are talking about going through your mind, and you miss the point of what they were really saying. Easy to do, but a hard habit to break...
I especially enjoyed the seminar as it took a completely reverse way of looking at safety as compared to the usual aviation safety seminars that begin with rules and regulations and standard operating procedures. This seminar started by looking at our inner self, how even our spiritual life has a definite affect on safety. How the ways that we treat (or mistreat) others affect safety. He then built from the inner self to the team dynamics, to the aircraft and its systems, to procedures and operations manuals to the overall system. I found it refreshing and challenging as I could see how important little things like really listening is. In aviation we all listen and repeat back critical information (like when the tower gives clearance for take off), but we need to use those same skills in how we interact with others outside of the airplane.
It was so cool to see the value that MAF places on family units in overall team and operational safety as all the spouses were required to participate in this seminar. It is a first to see that at aviation safety training, but so right. I think we all benefited from the training and we certainly enjoyed the fellowship time together.
The apostle James was right when he penned the words
"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God." James 1:19-20 ESV
Be safe!
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