NASA’s “Productive” Safety for Pilots

Aviation safety as we practice it involves examining accidents for causal factors, “errors and omissions,” and deriving

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Control Your “Startle Response” (The DYI Lobotomy)

We humans can become totally stupid – inducing a “do it yourself lobotomy”-  when we experience threat or panic. 

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Ace Your Oral (for Student and CFI)

The easiest pathway to success on the oral portion of any check ride is to first thoroughly read and understand the FAA standard

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Learning Tools for the Educator!

The best student you ever had as an instructor probably was the one who was “on fire” to learn.  That totally motivated

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“Ready For Anything?” Training (Useful) Emergencies

Last spring a Citation 550, flown by an air ambulance service, lost both engines over the Atlantic and dead-sticked into

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Auto-Land is Here for GA – Ready?

Congratulations to Garmin on the announcement of Autonomí™, their new emergency autoland technology. Though obviously

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Model Excellence; Earn a Master CFI (LLC)

The secret to inspiring pilots to be eager lifetime learners is to embrace this commitment (and model it) ourselves. Educators

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Roger Throwing CFIs Under the Bus…

If you are a Roger Sharp fan I apologize in advance for my lack of love for his most recent rant about “stupid CFIs”.

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Caring is a Critical Aptitude for Educating!

When I present to groups of pilots and experienced aviation educators and ask for key traits of great aviation educators,

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Fancy Footwork; Yaw Canceling (for Safety)!

We had 45 professional aviation educators at the “You Can Fly Center” for our SAFE CFI-PRO™ workshop this week. These

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