“Don’t concentrate on your mistakes. Just move on, let it go, and put the bad landings behind you.”
~ Kathy McCullough, retired 747 Captain, talking on the Inspired Pilot Podcast.
“As long as human beings are pilots . . . fatigue will be a critical safety issue that demands our attention.” Sleep and Air Crew Fatigue Management, excellent serious article in Business & commercial Aviation magazine. Airmanship demands alertness. Quotes Sully Sullenberger, the NTSB’s Mark Rosekind, and many more.
This quote is from ASU coach Bob Bowman, talking about Michael Phelps and everyday excellence. The most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals, Phelps didn’t miss a day of Bob’s training in 6 years. (Interview in Livehhappy magazine, June 2015. Photo London 2012 Olympic butterfly, CC BY-SA 3.0 Madchester)
“Don’t concentrate on your mistakes. Just move on, let it go, and put the bad landings behind you.”
~ Kathy McCullough, retired 747 Captain, talking on the Inspired Pilot Podcast.
“An overreliance on technology can be a disadvantage.” Official report of a USN F/A-18C fatal accident that also talked about ‘situational awareness’. Good weather. Good plane. Good pilot. Always risky aircraft carrier operations. All this and more in a somber New York Times article