Practice the Hard Stuff; “Deep Practice!”
If you want to improve as a pilot, at any level, you must stretch your known skills a little further and practice in the
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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.
“Scary Pilots” Determine *Your* Insurance!
The burning question in aviation safety is why pilots who know the “right thing” choose to ignore conventional wisdom
Continue reading >Trust Not Trauma: “Student Lockup!”
A recent poll in the SAFE eNews revealed that a shocking 65% of CFIs, at some point, had to physically take control from
Continue reading >“But, My CFI Told Me…”
AOPA CFItoCFI Newsletter CFI guidance can sometimes be wrong. Either you learned it wrong or your CFI taught it wrong –
Continue reading >Too Much (Useless) Talking!
Most CFIs talk way too much (guilty). I was reminded of this listening to a very good Sporty’s “Fast Five” podcast
Continue reading >Murphy’s Real Law; Luck!
Murphy’s (real) law seems to be that we often succeed despite poor procedures and sloppy execution. A painful failure would
Continue reading >Flight Schools Lobbying DPEs
Collusion between flight schools and DPEs can easily create corruption in pilot certification; we have all seen this problem
Continue reading >Clear Up Control Confusion; FREE Course!
It is embarrassing to realize that most pilots (and even a majority of CFIs) don’t know which flight control powers the
Continue reading >The Confidence Trap: Hubris!
We all need a full dose of confidence to fly sophisticated aircraft in challenging conditions. There is, however, a very
Continue reading >Fix the DPE Problem? Start Here!
Our aviation industry is once again trying to solve the persistent “DPE problem.” The highly-publicized FAA ARAC has
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