ken wrote:

Snip...
I'm a little surprised, though, that throughout the entire discussion
there has been no mention of the FAA's efforts in Aero Decision Making,
particularly those addressing "hazardous thoughts". Maybe I missed it.
Snip...

Ac 60-22 can be found online at

http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/

Perhaps coincidentally, I'm in the middle of reading Tom Knauff's
"Accident Prevention Manual for Glider Pilots" as well his APM for
Flight Instructors. It's largely an exposition of ADM, esp. hazardous
attitudes, but in a much more consumable form.

The more angles from which you look at this problem, probably the
better.

"Roger that!"

ADM, however, is well thought out and is largely at a
theoretical level, meaning it covers all the space one might try to
cover with anecdotes... and then all the spaces in between the
anecdotes. If you haven't read it, yet, you should. If it has been a
while, it's well worth a solid review.

"What Ken said."

Available via 24k land-line, even. Typically heavy reading in the 'pure
government-ese' form; summaries have (re-)appeared in "Soaring" magazine
down the years; good food for actionable thought, indeed!

May the rest of this year's soaring accidents be entirely 'fate induced...'

Regards,
Bob W.