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-by Sherry Knight Rossiter      Imagine that you are on a solo cross-country flight in a single-engine airplane. According to your last calculation, you have used more fuel than you’d anticipated...

-by Sherry Knight Rossiter Stress hormones are catabolic in nature; in other words, they break the body down. In the last issue of SAFE, the magazine, we discussed the problems of stress relating...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! I know what you are thinking. “Will these remote CFI hours count toward my 1500 for the airlines? Not likely, but this new technology provides great...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Student progress and learning are primarily determined by the quality of the educator. Though 50% of the variance in educational effectiveness is the “raw...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! This week’s blog is by Hobie Tomlinson (see bio below). With 40K hours and 9 type ratings, Hobie developed much of what we now call CRM when he was a 747 captain...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Among all the great lessons of the last few weeks, one should be abundantly clear; we humans eagerly embrace and hold passionately to half-truths and...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! The new FAA Aviation Instructor’s Handbook is finally available this week. A quick first pass reveals reorganization and updating with a laudable new focus on...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! The blog last week provided methods to instill an urge for excellence in your pilots, creating lifetime learners during initial flight training. This internal...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Achieving expertise in piloting requires so many diverse skills and aptitudes it almost defies explanation. In aviation, we point to experts like Sully or Al...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Accidents during the landing phase of flight represent almost 50% of total airplane wreckage. The landing phase also involves less than 5% of total piloting time...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Aviation has obviously suffered a huge blow with this pandemic. Airline activity is down 95% and most flight schools are shuttered impacting the whole flight...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! If we are honest with ourselves, we all know the secret to greater aviation safety: regular review and study, frequent training, and professionalism. Raising our...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Colonel “Jeff” Cooper, developed the “Color Code of Awareness” for the military to inspire self-assessment and vigilance. Warfighters know that situational...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! What is the secret to getting really good at something? As in, how does one shabby Russian tennis club turn out more top 20 women tennis players in a year than...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Any fan of action sports, whether it’s football or air racing, knows that the greatest moves and memorable moments are not in the huddle (reflective) but during...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! These are tough times for pilots in flight training with our inability to “social distance” safely in little planes while flying. For this reason, doctors advise...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Several recent ATC outages have caught pilots by surprise at busy locations. “ATC Zero!” (No ATC Services) puts a shiver into any pilot at a busy airport. This...

These are unique and frightening times. Every day we watch the COVID-19 virus spreading further out of control across the whole globe, killing many in a terrible fashion. Government authorities...

In facing the COVID-19 threat, it is fortunate that aviators are trained in the factual analysis of environmental threats and risk management. Pilots mostly deal with reality and physical laws. If...

Most CFIs log thousands of hours as PIC but unfortunately often do not personally fly enough to stay sharp. DPEs are even worse about flying on their own and maintaining their personal proficiency...