Hazard identification starts before the show — not during it. A systematicpre-show review covers airspace, terrain and obstructions, crowd areas,emergency access, and aircraft-specific hazards. Each category gets adeliberate look, not a quick scan.

The airspace category — TFR accuracy is listed first for a reason.

An inaccurate TFR boundary is a hazard that invalidates your entireairspace plan. Check TFR accuracy, adjacent special-use airspace, andany approach or departure conflicts that could bring non-participatingtraffic near the FDA during your show window. Terrain and obstructionsmean towers, trees, and buildings near performer flight paths — not justthe obvious ones. Low-level aerobatic performers sometimes work muchcloser to the field boundary than people realize.

Crowd area hazards go beyond where the crowd line is drawn.

Unauthorized access points, line-of-sight obstructions that limit your viewof the crowd line, and surface conditions that could affect emergencyvehicle movement. Emergency access routes are specifically things thatcould be blocked by spectators, vehicles, or equipment during peakattendance.

Performer-specific hazard review — that’s something not every Air Bossdoes systematically.

Does the aircraft’s performance profile fit the site? Does specialequipment — smoke, pyro, formation lighting, retractable gear —introduce site-specific risk? And if you know a performer had priordeviations at other shows, that history is relevant. Know your performers.

Documentation is the piece that turns hazard identification from a mentalexercise into a defensible record.

Document each hazard with its associated mitigation before the show.Share the identified hazards with the IIC, the Responsible Party, and ARFFleadership. They need that information before the show starts — not aftersomething happens.