When I am doing check rides, training and instrument proficiency checks, I take a lot of notes. My goal is to write down symptoms needing attention, such as altitude deviation or airspeed ...

Formal, systematic instrument approach briefings are crucial for flight safety, helping aircrews (even single pilots) align on procedure, divide duties, and identify vital information and potential ...

Acknowledging progress-no matter how small-is essential for building endurance and confidence in the cockpit.

The pilots flying a Learjet 35A (similar to this one) to Teterboro on a gusty day didn’t properly brief nor fly the circle-to-land approach and crashed turning toward Runway 1, according to the NTSB. ...

Are old-school navigation aids such as this still worth mastering?

In Part 1, we discussed how there’s a significant difference between flying a circling approach in training and flying one in the real world. In the U.S., approaches are created using criteria ...

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to require US airlines to install flight-control software updates to 787s in response to issues with the jets’ instrument ...