SPEAKER: Steve Bateman, CFI, LSRM, PhD, AOPA This presentation will move beyond the academic and nebulous notion of “Human Factors” and face head-on some hard realities about how we, pilots and mechanics, are The Human Factor that stands in the way of heightened performance and the related reduction of accidents. Based on published data involving decades of study, Steve will make the bold claim that the majority of general aviation accidents are not "accidental" at all. In fact, it will be argued, both the number and classification of future occurrences can be predicted with a high degree of accuracy, so how can they be called accidental?