Comment-AMCC-VII.e-Ethics

File: < http://www.secureav.com/Comment-AMCC-VII.e-Ethics.pdf >Last Updated: March 16, 2006THE AVIATORS’ MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT(AMCC) is available at < http://www.secureav.com >.About the Commentary: The Commentary addresses selected issues within the Code of Conduct toelaborate on their meaning, provide interpretive guidance, and suggest ways of adopting the Code ofConduct. It is intended primarily for implementers, policy administrators, aviation associationmanagement, and pilots who wish to explore the Code in greater depth, and will be updated from time totime. Please send your edits, errata, and comments to . Terms of Use are availableat .COMMENTARY TOAMCC VII.e – ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF GAe. Promote ethical behavior within the GA community.When a pilot operates an aircraft, human lives are held in the balance. Therefore,a pilot has a moral responsibility to operate in the safest possible manner.1FAAIntroduction – Lives depend on the quality of pilots’ decisions. In this respect, aviationshares the high stakes found in other professions such as medicine and the military. Unlike thosefields, however, the discussion of applied ethics in aviation has historically been limited. TheAviators’ Model Code of Conduct (AMCC) was created to foster the development of aviationethics.A word or two of clarification is in order here because the word “ethics” is often misunderstood.Formally, “[e]thics is about ...