Risk

Allowing yourself to get used to broken equipment in your aircraft isn’t a good solution

When you’re unexpectedly launched airborne, it’s time for fast corrective action

Post-maintenance flying has a greater potential to encounter problems than our typical everyday flying. Learn how to reduce the risk.

Using this technique raises the lowered wing on departure to prevent loss of control.

While pilots can’t have contingencies for every single flight scenario, try to avoid being in a position where there’s no out left to take

Not every CFI has been instructing for ages, and that’s a good thing. Here’s why a freshly minted instructor could be the best choice for you.

It’s easy to fix a bad approach; it’s a lot harder to salvage one

How sharing real-world experiences in the cockpit can engage student pilots

As pilots, we’re obligated to take steps to mitigate risks and embrace a safety-minded culture with checks and double-checks.

It’s not worth the academic argument to banter accident statistics related to non-instrument-rated pilots inadvertently flying into Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC), since the data we have is notoriously incomplete; however, we can probably agree that this scenario “too often” results in fatalities. I’m disappointed the new Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards (ACS) didn’t move Flight […]