Pilots with moderate experience (~300 hours) or those who are rusty can develop dangerous overconfidence, leading them to skip vital preflight checks with potentially catastrophic consequences like ...

The other day I was reminded, once again, of the trouble with a preflight inspection: When you find something wrong, it’s too late to do anything about it. I was doing my routine run-up. My ...

Airline company Lufthansa is using an edge-based application to manage its preflight checks, leveraging software provided by Ditto. At its core, the wireless system enables workers to conduct ...

The incident occurred in November 2023 during Florida's hurricane season, a time known for storms and heavy rain that can last days or even weeks. After a week of rain, our flight school resumed ...

So airlines are getting creative to grab passengers' attention. According to a 2001 National Transportation Safety Board study, 69 percent of passengers who completed the survey did not watch the ...

Just as a pilot performs a number of system checks on the airplane before take off, it’s important to make sure that a print project doesn’t contain any serious errors that will prevent it from ...

For people who are itching to travel, airlines are working hard to offer reassurance. They're requiring masks, disinfecting airplane cabins between flights and using hospital-grade HEPA air filtration ...

The first appendix contains a thorough list of preflight briefing elements, their specific value to the pilot, and the website links to the government resources for each of the elements. The second is ...

A simple and kind gesture on a JetBlue flight has touched many hearts after being shared again on social media. The moment shows how a small act can turn an ordinary journey into a memory that lasts ...

A little-known secret outside the world of business jet pilots is that we are more than the occupants of the front two seats, pushing throttles, magically seeing through clouds, and circumnavigating ...