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, I’ll have more and better answers to things! Right? Well 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…
You’ve remortgaged your house, borrowed money, or saved for multiple years, moved countries, and spent 2 years locked up in either a room or a cockpit studying everything there is to know to pass 14 exams 📖 You’ve done it: your CPL(H) ✅ Then, you get told the industry isn’t Read more…
After 7 years of being a HEMS pilot, I can safely say I’ve made more mistakes and errors than I can count. Some were small and forgettable. Others? They really stuck with me 🚨 They taught me lessons the hard way – through stress, hindsight, debriefings, and moments where I Read more…
It’s no secret that becoming a pilot, and especially becoming a helicopter pilot, comes with a lot of barriers that are hard to get around. I absolutely love being a pilot, and would do it all over again. However, my personal journey of entering the helicopter industry included: Because of Read more…
We all know very well how important your total flight time is for career progression as a pilot. For decades, it has been (and still is) the primary gauge for companies and organisations to measure skill and experience. But how effective is total flight time really to measure or predict 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…
Becoming and being a pilot can be extremely fulfilling. It has lots of different ways for self development, and a huge amount of day-to-day variety that keeps things interesting. But it isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. It requires lots of sacrifices, and the industry definitely has multiple issues that really 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 even say the gratitude is a bit too much considering Read more…
Today’s article is slightly different compared to the usual Pilots Who Ask Why content here. I get a lot of questions on how I got where I am in my career, what the process looked like for me, and where others who are looking to do the same could start. Read more…