Robert Goyer’s Blog Posts
The storylines that mainstream media outlets spun in the wake of the Seattle tragedy were far removed from the reality of the situation.
And why AOPA is right on the money on its stand against it.
A number of high-profile accidents of very different descriptions have left the GA community in a state of shock.
The subject has been settled a thousand times. Another necessary reminder from the feds.
There’s been a lot of talk about the big problem with ADS-B but not so much about the benefits.
How does flying fit in on Independence Day? Only with a shoehorn, it sometimes seems.
The FAA’s medical arm has standards that often seem to have nothing to do with safety of flight.
The Wrights, Electric Planes, Digital Leashes, Flying Cars and Historical Appropriation
100LL won’t be around much longer. It’s not time to panic. Just kidding. It is.
Even after a big win, GA faces challenges.
Why we should pay attention to this famous WWII bomber and start asking ourselves the hard questions.
Australian Panel Thinks Malaysia 370 Was Murder-Suicide, presents some new evidence.
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The hero of Southwest Flight 1380 is the subject of controversy, for all the wrong reasons.
As a pilot, I’ve always been a pretty pragmatic type, and I’ve always tried to find the most efficient way to get something done without sacrificing safety and without spending too much. “Pragmatic” and “cheap” aren’t synonyms, but let’s face it: they’re closely related. Aside from money, the most important thing to a pilot is more »
The factors that got left out overshadow the conclusions…by a lot. The FAA released its forecast for aviation over the next 20 years, and it’s about as good a product as we can realistically hope to see. That is, it’s based on the safest assumptions and fails to take into account advances in technology that more »
The old dial-up service is on its way out. But, oh, how it changed our lives for the better. The FAA’s coming elimination of the original computerized weather briefing and flight-planning tool is a sad thing, though in this case, it was the right time and the right thing to do. The FAA established the more »
Here’s who to thank and why it likely went down as it did. Last night House Transportation Chair Bill Shuster (R, PA) withdrew the amendment to FAA reauthorization pushing for turning the FAA’s air traffic control functions over to a private corporation. The bill—the Senate has already passed its version—once passed will then move on more »