Why Are Pilots Like That? Have you ever talked to a cop who is off duty? There’s something there…it still seeps through. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but he seems cop-like...
What are the Differences between Airline Pilot Training Schools? Depending on who owns the airline pilot training schools and what their emphasis is on, it may channel your career one way or another...
An airline pilot tackles the seemingly simple question: Why Learn How to Fly an Airplane? Captain Kenneth W. Phelps, Delta Retired Do you ever dream of flying? Why learn how to fly an airplane? How...
We were struck by lightning on approach to Dallas, in a snowstorm, on New Year’s Eve. Even though pilots train constantly for specific nonstandard situations, emergencies never abide by an exact...
Anyone that leaves the earth for more than a few flights per year is exposed to an environment that we weren’t meant to be so aerospace/aviation medicine is the study of what happens to us when we do...
A private pilot license used to be attainable in forty hours, but now a pilot is lucky to complete the required training within sixty hours or more! In an effort to determine why there are 210,000...
The up and coming career pilot works in an era where they generally need to do any and everything to build flight hours. Pilots prostitute their aviation skills because they are forced into it. They...
The pilot shortage began when deregulation pulled us all away from small town airports. Flying is, and will always be, expensive and demanding because it is. It can be a hobby or profession, but...
Pilots and Flight Attendants, Working Together, Can Achieve a Perfect Balance One aspect of aviation involves finding balance between the extremes. Before takeoff, the pilots calculate the weight of...