Happy 2017! See you in the sky . . .
Lost SA?
What to do when you lose situational awareness. (And we’ve all been there!)
Adapted from BAE Systems paper Airmanship Training For Modern Aircrew, presented at the RTO HFM Symposium on ‘Advanced Technologies for Military Training’, held Genoa, Italy 13 – 15 October 2003, and published in RTO-MP-HFM-101.
Josh Waitzkin on excellence
Excellence is super cool amazing. But you don’t get there by wishing or hoping or staying safe and comfortable.
Your call.
(For more from Josh about excellence, see JoshWaitzkin.com)
The best plan
My 5-yr-old son will ask why? Then ask why again. Why? Why? Why? As pilots we should ask ourselves what if that doesn’t work? And then what if that doesn’t work. What if? What if?
Don’t box yourself in. Always have an out. Preferably a flexible changeable out.
Quote by Derek Sivers in the 2016 book Tools of Titans.
If you’re looking for a formula
Quote is from the book Tools of Titans. It’s not fast or exciting or sexy. It’s more diligent checklist than Top Gun Mach 2 hair on fire. But it’s how the good get great.
Maria Popova is a Bulgarian writer, blogger, and critic living in Brooklyn, New York. She is known for her wonderful blog BrainPickings.org.
Original photo is two KC-135 Stratotanker pilots from the 74th Air Refueling Squadron reviewing checklists prior to an approach (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo).