Threat and Error Management (TEM) is becoming one of the main pillars of what it means to be a competent pilot. Most of the aviation industry has now completely integrated it into both the training and testing of pilots. Understanding Read more…
You’re flying back to base after a long day. The weather is slowly deteriorating, you’re running out of daylight, and your legal maximum duty period limit is approaching quickly. You can’t afford to turn back, right? You decide to push Read more…
For pilots that are exposed to seasons, going from summer to winter often requires a mental flip of a switch. Just as you were getting used to flying in warm weather, you now have to get used to flying in Read more…
During a go-around after a Baro-VNAV approach, Airhub Airlines flight 4311 missed the ground by 6 feet. At this point, the pilots were completely unaware of how close they came to crashing the aircraft. How did this happen, and what Read more…
Artificial Intelligence or AI… You’ve probably been bombarded with this term over the last few years. There are people who can’t wait to see it implemented everywhere, and others who are very apprehensive about what it could mean for the Read more…
The year is 1977, Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife. KLM Flight 4805 (a Boeing 747-206B) initiates takeoff due to a mistake, while Pan Am Flight 1736 (a Boeing 747-121) is still on the runway. They collide. The impact and the resulting Read more…
We’re all human, and we all suffer from the same silly human ways of thinking, doing, and existing. However, we all have a part to play in how much we allow the monkey part of our brain to come to Read more…
After decades of learning from accidents and improving aviation safety more and more, there is still a silent threat that poses a significant risk in both the fixed wing and rotary industry: the downwind approach. Downwind approaches continue to be Read more…
Aviation is probably one of the best industries to pick if you’re looking for passionate people. Some people have worked and planned their entire lives around becoming a pilot, and feel extremely grateful for the job they do. Some might Read more…
In many companies across the globe, if something goes wrong, the go-to response is to start finger pointing and finding someone to blame. In aviation though, we sure like to think we’re better than that, but are we really? As Read more…