Teaching “Thin Air” Operations SAFEly!
Flying is a wonderful adventure, but unfortunately, many of our most important “lessons” come from surprise “experience”
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David St. George
David St. George is an FAA DPE (Sport to Multi ATP) and a Part 135 charter pilot flying the Pilatus PC-12 in the NYC area. He recently renewed his Master Instructor for the tenth time and is a Charter member of SAFE. Formerly a 141 Chief Instructor for over 25 years, with a Gold Seal CFI. David started flying at 16 and has logged over 15,000 hours. He owns a 1946 7AC Aeronca Champ and wrote the SAFE Toolkit app.
“SkyDisplay” @SAFE Dinner #OSH21
With every change and technological advance, “you expect results but get consequences!” The promise of each new development
Continue reading >Training In Experimental Aircraft!
The FAA Warbird Adventures legal decision set off a firestorm of panic and confusion in the aviation community. All this
Continue reading >Essential Rules for IFR Safety!
Successfully meeting the challenge of flying safely in the clouds requires all kinds of technical knowledge, skills, and
Continue reading >Teaching “Accomplished Professionals”
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is often misunderstood to apply exclusively to low intelligence; “too dumb to know you are dumb.”
Continue reading >Passionate Pilots; Become a CFI!
The flight training industry needs more professional instructors who stay and grow in the industry,teaching beyond the minimum
Continue reading >SAFE Dinner is ON; Celebrate Aviation’s Return!
Wonderful news; our SAFE dinner at Oshkosh (AirVenture) is a “GO!!” and we have a HUGE room (so let’s fill it up!)
Continue reading >FAA Policy Reversal on CFI!
SAFE has historically worked closely with the FAA improving flight training (e.g. developing the new ACS) and on other initiatives.
Continue reading >YouTube Heroes? CFIs are “Influencers!”
We all have seen the amazing variety of “aviation exemplars” available on YouTube. This started for me before Google
Continue reading >“Recent Experience” Rules Safety!
If you study any safety statistics, the one solid correlation in every data set determining safe outcomes is “recency of
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