There’s a phase of flying where everything feels… fine. Even when it probably isn’t! ⚡️ The checks flow, the weather behaves, and nothing really surprises you. You go home thinking, yeah, that was alright. No stress. No drama. No reason 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. Read more
For a long time, I (naively) assumed that becoming a better pilot worked something like this: 🔸 Learn from my mistakes🔸 Absorb the wisdom from experienced pilots🔸 Make decisions, log the hours, do it for years ➡️ And then eventually, 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 Read more
The first time I truly understood what it meant to have mental resilience wasn’t in a classroom, it was during my helicopter instrument rating. A good friend and I were going through the course together. We were down to our Read more
Why do helicopters crash? 💥 Every year, EASA releases a great document that helps to answer this question, and shows what’s catching pilots out, what’s killing crew, breaking aircraft, and coming back to screw up flight safety across Europe 🇪🇺 Read more
If something goes wrong now… do I turn back, or keep going? 👀 That’s where Point of No Return (PNR) and Point of Equal Time (PET) come in. Two bits of “ATPL theory” that suddenly become very real when the Read more
Helicopter flying can be extremely unforgiving. Things can unravel in seconds, sometimes in ways no simulator or checklist can fully prepare us for 👀 On August 28, 2023, an EC135 air medical helicopter operated by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office Read more
Many pilots have experienced that moment at some point in their career: A check ride, a moment with in-flight pressure, or even a job interview – someone throws a question your way, and suddenly all eyes are on you 👀 Read more
When was the last time you felt truly 100% rested before a duty? 💤 For many pilots, fatigue isn’t the exception – it’s the baseline. And when Flight Time Limitations (FTLs) are treated as targets rather than safety buffers, the Read more