Something I discovered early in my career is that one of the easiest ways to combat complacency and maintain proficiency is to join the training department of wherever I am lucky enough to be flying.

A formal and systematic instrument approach brief is essential for aviation safety, helping pilots (especially single-pilot operators) consolidate critical information, divide duties, and identify ...

If a flight department acquires a helicopter, it will try to find as many ways as it can to make the aircraft pay for itself. If the company is sited so that an access helipad is practical and the ...

Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...

A revised FAA document offers expand guidance on what aircraft approach categories pilots should use for instrument procedures. FAA needs baseline security controls in a little more than 10% of its ...