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Article: Risk Management

Risk management is a solid concept, and an often-used term in aviation, medicine, firefighting, insurance and business.

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Decision Making, Features, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: IFR Communications: Serious Business

I listened carefully to the clearance on the first go-around, shook my head in exasperation, and wondered if the controller had been a trumpet player in a previous life. ...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Decision Making, Features, Flying Skills, Learning Center, Pilot Guide, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Demystifying ATC

It seems we all have a story, some event in our lives that brought us into the aviation trade.

Also labeled: Emergency Situations, Flight Hazards, People and Places, Pilot Safety, Pilot Skills

Article: Flying The Corridors

V­FR corridors have served an important function in U.S. airspace since the creation of the old TCAs (Terminal Control Areas) and TRSAs (Terminal Radar Service Areas), now less telegraphically renamed Class B and Class C airspace, respectively.

Also labeled: FAA Regulations, Flight Hazards, Learning Center, Navigation, Accident Statistics, Decision Making, Flight Training, Safety

Article: Weather-Avoidance Assistance

While the primary duty of controllers is to separate and direct traffic, they also have a duty to help pilots avoid weather hazards. The FAA’s handbook for controllers requires them to issue pertinent information on observed and reported weather, p...

Also labeled: Accident Statistics, Columns, Flight Hazards, NTSB Reports, Safety, Weather Flying