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Aprominent aviation-training company promotes its services with a slogan about the well-trained pilot being the best safety system available. Despite the plethora of tools available in and out of the cockpit, there’s a true nugget of wisdom in that approach. But to take the illustration further, sometimes the best tool is an overly prepared pilot – one who recognizes that hidden, offthe- wall, unusual and unexpected threats can sometimes reach up and bite us on the empennage.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) basic requirements for flight currency are actually pretty simple: three take-offs and three landings within the past 90 days for daytime flight. Night currency is the same – three take-offs and landings during night hours in the same 90-day period. When you think about the average corporate pilot flying the average corporate aircraft, they will meet these two basic requirements in the course of their ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) on May 27, 2009 released a report titled “TSA’s Role in General Aviation Security”, which evidenced the results of an investigation requested by U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.Congresswoman Lee is the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection, House Committee on Homeland Security. She requested the report after a Houston television ...

According to a line uttered by many an old aviator, bold or otherwise, the only time a pilot has too much fuel on board is when the airplane is on fire. You know how older pilots can be; they’ve always got a line for any situation!Another favorite aviation truism describes the three least useful things to a pilot: fuel on the ground, runway behind the airplane, and air above it. All are of no use once a flight begins.The ...

The bald eagle that flashed by, just off my right wingtip, was absolutely the last thing on my lengthy checklist of things to watch for flying out of Lakeland Linder Regional (LAL) on the third day of this year’s Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In. My mind focused on watching the orange-vested ground controllers, arriving traffic, departing traffic, overhead traffic, the seaplanes coming back from the annual Sea Plane Splash…not one of our nation’s mascots.

When the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) set forth its Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on October 30, 2008 outlining its new proposed Large Aircraft Security Program, Other Aircraft Security Program, and Airport Operator Security Program (hereinafter known as the LASP), it was a cause for great concern to many in the general aviation community. While the idea behind the LASP is to enhance ...

According to that scion of contemporary information, Wikipedia, “‘safety’ is the state of being ‘safe’ (from French sauf), the condition of being protected.” And the list of things for which we value safety is substantial: physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological and educational. We all recognize that within aviation, ‘safety’ carries a significant connotation – one on which we ...

Flying helped people create an interesting collection of catch phrases, truisms and sage-sayings. Among the most-salient is this old favorite: “Better to be on the ground wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were on the ground.” Pilots of my acquaintance tend to bring this up during discussions with another pilot they feel might soon be in the position of wishing they were ‘down here’. The advising ...

Mark W. Rosenker, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board’s opening remarks at Bombardier’s Safety Standdown 2007 didn’t fail to grab attention: “Don’t confuse getting paid to fly with being a professional pilot. Professionalism has absolutely nothing to do with the size of a paycheck or the size of your airplane.” For a group of people who endure significant training and sacrifice to fly a passenger on even the most humble aircraft, ...