Pilot Talk What It’s Like For Deadheading Pilots For as long as there have been airline flights or railroad passages or ships sailing the ocean blue, there have … By Dustin Joy
Pilot Talk Coming To Terms With The Autopilot When I wrote my first article for Plane & Pilot, a meditation on flying for the airlines and reaching the … By Dustin Joy
Pilot Talk Check Ride Tunnel Vision Matt was nervous; that is to say, he was like every other flight student who has reached his solo … By Dustin Joy
Pilot Talk Negotiations and Bad Decisions Lead to Adventurous Midnight Flight to Memphis It was a dark and stormy night. Well, sorry, but it was. My crew and I were assigned to a … By Dustin Joy
Pilot Talk The Joy Of Operating Machines Are you an aviation enthusiast or pilot? Sign up for our newsletter, full of tips, reviews and more! As a … By Dustin Joy
Pilot Talk Crew Members Need To Speak Up In The Cockpit The most useless warning is one that never gets made … By Dustin Joy
Proficiency Why Flying’s Rewards are Worth the Pain of Training Subscribe today to Plane & Pilot magazine for industry news, reviews and much more! Like most pilots, my first few … By Dustin Joy
Proficiency The Old, Not So Bold Pilot It was one of those days, a long one, replete with delays and crabby passengers and thunderstorms. After 12 hours … By Dustin Joy
Pilot Talk Witness To An Accident I almost saw a plane crash. Sadly, I don’t mean to say that there was almost a plane crash … By Dustin Joy
Pilot Talk 15,000 Hours Sometime next month, I’ll write an entry in my logbook signifying that I’ve spent 15,000 hours flying … By Dustin Joy