Ethics in Aviation
Webster's Dictionary defines ethics as "the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with a moral duty and obligation." Another way of looking at ethics is a moral behavior that governs one's behavior. Humanity, in general, has to make a conscious effort to exhibit moral ethics. In aviation not only the pilot, but the entire crew has a moral-ethical obligation to keep the crew and passengers safe on the aircraft. Sometimes more experienced pilots tend to test their ethics when they have hidden agendas. This is often a result of complacency in the aircraft. When we specifically look at ethics as it relates to military aviation operations, our ethics tend to get tested in other ways because of our disdain for the country or group that attacked the United States. Jeff Wofford once said, "Professionalism in aviation is the pursuit of doing it right, all the time, even when nobody’s looking" (NBAA, 2018). In times when I was deployed, I had to put aside the anger I had toward the enemy that was being boarded on my aircraft as I had to maintain my moral ethics. Integrity is a big component of ethics.
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