Learning to Manage Stress in Flight
Practicing and incorporating proper breathing techniques can prove to be a vital risk management tool.
Practicing and incorporating proper breathing techniques can prove to be a vital risk management tool.
Aircraft owners should prioritize safety, reliability, and adherence to regulatory standards over short-term savings.
Many training programs for on-the-road vehicles focus on defensive driving techniques as a safety strategy. They include key points, such as avoiding distractions, trying to predict risks ahead, not assuming others will do what you would in a particular situation, being aware of other vehicles, signaling, and being careful at intersections just in case the […]
Assembling flight training providers, industry members, and numerous federal agency representatives, the Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) conducted the 15th annual Flight School Operators Conference in Las Vegas on February 21-22. More than 300 attendees shared best practices, resources, and heard briefings on topics related to providing effective, efficient, and safety-oriented flight training. […]
Over the weekend, the Michigan Aviation Safety Forum (MASF) gathered pilots and mechanics to provide proficiency and safety seminars. The MASF is a yearly collaboration between industry stakeholders, aviators, mechanics, and FAA staff to provide safety forums and mechanic (IA) recurrency training seminars that help maintain currency for technicians who keep aircraft legally and safely […]
Imagine you just went missed on an approach down to minimums. Based on what the ATIS, ASOS, or AWOS indicated, it seems like the weather is just on the edge of you being able to break out and make a landing. Maybe you even saw some pockets of hope, but just didn’t make visual contact […]
When wishful thinking is the enemy.
Passengers are great. That is, the ones you want onboard with you.
Flying around areas of high training activity is inherently dicey. Here’s what you can do to cut down on your risk.
Who needs to know about low-altitude charts? That would be you because the rules of the game have changed as VORs slowly go out of service.