Excellent Aviation Week article “How Pilots Intuitively Make Critical Decisions” is free online.
Author: Dave English
For my Boeing friends
I had fun making this, just remember that Airbus pilots don’t eat dinner off our laps, and ‘Flying A Boeing, For Dummies’ is a repetitive title.
Something about not using superior skills?
Theres’s an old saying that truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills. It’s a good saying. On 19 August 2013 a Buffalo Airways DC-3 with 21 passengers on board took off from the Yellowknife airport in Canada. Almost immediately the right engine burst into flames. The propellor didn’t fully feather, dragging the plane down. The pilot used great stick and rudder skills to circle the big tailwheel airliner around the pattern (circuit) and land. Landing was hard, the gear was still up, and they were 100 … Continue reading Something about not using superior skills?
Tony Kern on min required vs max possible
Pilot or pirate? Captain or clown? Maximum possible or minimum required?
It’s your choice.