By Thomas P. Turner

Remember those tedious questions about weather theory on the IFR written? If you blew them off, got them wrong—or otherwise didn’t score well on the written—you’re more likely to be in an accident. And, regardless of how many hours you’ve accumulated, you’re less likely to bend metal if you earned your certificates at a younger age. Those are just two of the findings of a recent NTSB study that provides fascinating insight into how pilots think about risk. …