Situational awareness: A commonly used term among pilots and others in the aviation world. The term often refers to a pilot’s awareness of the airplane’s physical location in space, but extends outward to include all factors relating to the safety of the flight, and
A plane cannot run on contaminated fuel. I encourage you to stop and think on that for a moment. If someone were to uplift fuel contaminated with water, particulate matter, DEF (diesel exhaust fluid), etc. into the tanks, the plane might give the illusion
I was mindlessly skimming through my Facebook feed today looking for aviation relevant topics as Imelda relentlessly diluges outside my window when I came across a fear invoking headline. “PANIC IN THE SKY. DELTA FLIGHT FROM ATLANTA PLUNGES NEARLY 30,000 FEET.’ Yikes! Well, that
Today is September 11th. This day has immense meaning for people in America, as well as all over the world. It is the day that many realized just how deeply the darkness can penetrate; it was also the day that we realized that darkness
IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR SKY FAMILY WHO EARNED THEIR FOREVER WINGS ON 9/11/2001; MAY YOUR NAMES BE FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS AND ON OUR LIPS. **American 11** Captain John Ogonowski. First Officer Thomas McGuinness FA Barbara Arestegui FA Jeffrey Collman FA
Today we are going to approach an issue that makes folks a bit squirrelly, but it’s about time we get dogged about this increasingly frustrating aviation issue. We’ve been doing the same old political pussyfooting around the point for ages now, but it’s time
There’s more than enough of the ugly stuff to go around. That’s why, when we see something like this story shared by Megan Ashley, it’s worth making viral! There’s nothing I love more than seeing kindness unfold in our little world of aviation! I
It never fails. As soon as I mention that my husband is a pilot, one of several typical responses/questions will immediately follow. It’s truly not the asker’s fault, as there is no way for them to have an insider scoop unless they are, well,
What I’m about to share is personal. Very. I didn’t create this community because I am a shining vision of transcendence and have it all perfectly figured out. Not even remotely. On my very best days I’m barely holding it all together with a
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