In the aviation industry, we sometimes have this attitude that everything can be solved with training. Partly because it’s the building block of everything we do. 🔸 Someone forgot to do something on the line? More training. 🔸 Certain checks not done right? Add it to the syllabus. 🔸 Made Read more…
This accident still makes a lot of pilots uncomfortable. Not because it’s complicated, or hard to understand, but because it’s a scenario we’ve seen play out time and time again in the rotary industry… 💥 This wasn’t a technical issue. It was a perfectly serviceable helicopter, with an experienced pilot, Read more…
In this day and age of aviation, sudden structural failures are less common than they used to be, especially for fixed wing aircraft. So when structural failures do happen, like this engine separation that UPS flight 2976 experienced on 4 November 2025, they hit very hard 💥 We’re going to Read more…
There’s no doubt that flying teaches you a lot. Some of it’s brilliant, stuff that makes you sharper, calmer, and way better at handling chaos 🌪️ But not all of it is helpful once you’re back on the ground, or just trying to live life! Some habits sneak into everyday Read more…
Let’s cut to the chase: it isn’t a secret that most pilots in the world today are men. Data from ICAO and EASA shows that only about 5% of pilots are women. Even in this day and age, increasing the amount of women in aviation continues to be a challenge. Read more…
We’re all human, and we all suffer from the same silly human ways of thinking. However, we all have a part to play in how much we allow the monkey part of our brain to come to the surface, and how much control we give it 🐒 When it comes Read more…