Failing to say something when a fellow pilot is about to do something risky seems crazy, but it’s actually a well-known phenomenon.

Why preaching to the choir has limited effect and what we might do to reach a new audience.

We pilots pride ourselves in sticking to our guns. Perhaps to a fault.

It was a chilly, spring morningin Barcelona. There had been some light rain the night before, and although the sun had broken out, the air was still humid when 4 crew members and 146 passengers—among them 16 exchange students, two of their teachers, two opera stars, reporters, and three generations of the same family, boarded […]

Learning how to train yourself to relax in the face of danger

It’s not a fad. Meditation can help situational awareness, flexible thinking and staying calm in the face of multiple demands for those of us who fly.