The Final Report of the Air Asia 8501 has been released.  This was a loss of control accident that does contain some lessons that are worthwhile ...

As pilots we need to make decisions based on reality.  Anything else can lead to a very bad outcome, but what is reality and can we perceive the ...

I am honored to have been a guest on the 401st podcast for airplanegeeks.com.  Great group of folks who are working ...

I am going to shift gears a bit and move into a discussion of resilience engineering.  I was able to attend the recent symposium of the Resilience ...

I came across this article today which I had written quite a few years ago.  How many years ago?  Well, TWA was still in business!  I should add that ...

I just thought I’d share something fun.  Pilot briefings are very important, and it is critical that these are, ...

If you’re on LinkedIn, check out The Bluecoat ForumAn international Forum on the subject of FMS, EFIS and EICAS ...

Fuel.  It is an ongoing issue.  We all want to ensure that we arrive with enough fuel at the destination so we have options.  The best way to ...

At the time I wrote this I was working with various methods to investigate accidents. I have since found that Leveson’s ...

Several years ago my company had a number of senior pilots transitioning off of traditional “round dial” airplanes, such as the B-727 and DC-10 as ...