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How Many Flight Crew are Needed to Operate Safely?
The topic of appropriate pilot and flight attendant staffing levels can be a delicate, even emotional, subject. Virtually every business aviation leader struggles with answering: “How many maintenance technicians, pilots…
Emergency Response Program: A Holistic Approach
In light of recent corporate aviation accidents and significant world events, I have seen many business aviation operators look solely to an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) as a holistic solution…
Sorry, There’s No App For That
Experiential Learning and Achieving Cerebral Retention Since when did we become an industry of passive learners, perfectly content to sit quietly through another lectern-leaning, talking head presenter? Even if he…
A Brief History of Upset Training
On March 3, 1991, a Boeing 737 crashed near the approach end of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport runway 35. The cause of the crash was later determined to be loss…
Medical Advisory: Just How Important Are Travel Immunizations?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “progress towards the global vaccination target for 2015 is far off track “and WHO is “calling for renewed efforts to get progress back…
The Missing Component of a World-Class Flight Department
Your business aviation professionals represent a high-caliber, safety-conscious demographic. Your flight department hires only the best pilots, with flight time exceeding regulatory guidelines. You have recurrent training programs with a…
Upset Recovery Training Crucial to Addressing Loss of Control
Air Asia 8501 looks to be another data point painting the ugly picture of the Loss of Control problem in the commercial jet aviation industry. The final report is not…
Dutch Roll – Friend or Foe?
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines the Dutch roll as “a combination of directional and lateral oscillation of an airplane.” This would indicate that the Dutch roll is a very undesirable characteristic. After…
Just Another Look… The Argument for Independent Assessments and Audits
Validating your organization’s efforts to assure safety and operational integrity. The identification and management of hazards affecting the integrity of your operation is a fundamental objective of flight departments or…
