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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! In recent blogs, we emphasized a “perfect picture” for each new student and also how and why it is critical to break the driving habit immediately. A good...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! For GA, the FAA is permissive with “regulatory minimums.” Flight in Class G airspace only requires “1 SM, clear of clouds” – way low but “legal.” And for...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Every subtle movement of a pilot (or missed action), if watched carefully without intervention, tells a huge story to an alert CFI (or DPE). The most revealing...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! When I get into a plane to perform a flight test and I look at the applicant in the other seat, I sometimes see their sightline is significantly lower than mine....

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! One thing that has kept me in aviation all these years is hanging out with such an amazing group of talented people. Pilots are less than 1% of our population...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! This week's blog is by Ken Wittekiend and previously published in Flight Training Magazine. Ken is a 7X Master CFI, and a DPE with the FAA - until earlier this...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here!   To be safe, every pilot needs more frequent and realistic training to cope with engine-out emergencies.  This process of “crash-proofing” assures every pilot...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! You have undoubtedly encountered the “stupid pilot” statistic endlessly repeated during safety meetings: human error is responsible for 80% of aviation...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! SAFE recently celebrated a 10th anniversary and just this spring polled #1 in an FAA national survey as the top resource for pilots and CFIs! At this special...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Recent headlines addressed the General Aviation accident rate and compared them to other types of aviation. Relative to the airlines and the military, why is GA...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! In aviation, we meet people every day that carry certificates and endorsements that should guarantee a certain level of knowledge and performance. Unfortunately,...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Good aviation education is not a process of standardizing *people* but *procedures*. It is critical to remember that every person walking in the door to learn to...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Ask yourself a question: where do most stalls occur? Take a moment. Write down your answer. Almost everyone probably wrote down “in the base-to-final turn.” The...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! There were many great presentations and breakouts at Redbird Migration that will take weeks to digest and present here! The significant AOPA presence almost...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Comparing the safety record of “big iron operations” with general aviation is a very common but also inherently unfair contest. The airline “safety sales pitch”...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Pursuing excellence and striving to be better is a positive piloting trait and the heart of professionalism. It is unfortunately often confused with...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! The post Remembering Aviation “Gatherings” appeared first on Aviation Ideas and Discussion!.

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! The most dangerous CFI is not the one lacking skills or with a history of safety issues. That CFI is usually locally notorious and avoided by astute (or scared)...

Weekly inspiration and ideas here! Congratulations and welcome to this new world! I hope you enjoy your profession as an aviation educator. Here is what I can tell you that you may want to ‘file...