Convergent Performance - SM4 Safety Articles & Resources
2022: The Year of the Aviation Mechanic
As we ring in the New Year, many of us like to think big. How can we have the most impact in the new year? How can we recruit and provide the best people with the best tools, training and motivation to excel? How can we find the resources to accomplish all of our grand ideas floating like sugarplums though our holiday-spirited minds?
Strong Up the Middle
A few months ago, I was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend two days on board a United States aircraft carrier—the USS Abraham Lincoln—while she was at sea conducting flight operations. It was an immersion experience that will forever change the way I look at work and life. No kidding.
When Systems Fail: Overcoming Systemic Comfort Zones and the Rebirth of Self-Reliance
In the last week, I found myself smack dab in the middle of the plunging polar vortex that took power, heat, water and the ability to travel away from millions of people in Texas (including my family). This has become the focal point of a national debate about electrical grid reliability across the nation.
Aviation Needs More Poets Right Now
Most of us began as dreamers and poets, all wanting to “slip the surly bonds of earth… dance the skies on laughter silvered wings… and reach out to touch the face of God.” Most know these words came from John Gillespie Magee Jr., who was a World War II Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and poet. Most don’t know that he was killed in a mid-air collision over England in 1941.
Reimagining Mastery Through Anaheim Peppers
Downtime used to be hard to come by. Remember just a couple of months ago when the pace of operations prevented us from doing all we needed to just to…
Professional Rebirth in the Roaring 20’s
There are many ways for aviation pros to rediscover their passion for the industry and raise the bar of professionalism.
Which Way Are The (Cultural) Winds Blowing?
It has been disturbing to read about the rash of general and business aviation accidents in recent months. I try to follow up on all of them by reading online…
One Simple Truth to Guide Your 2019
A striking number of people – myself being one of them – begin each New Year with a list of things they personally hope to accomplish over the next 12…
Love of the Game
“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” –Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Remember the first…
