Going Direct: Boeing’s Massive Fine Over 737 Max Was Justified
And why it’s too bad another organization couldn’t have gotten smacked down, too.
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Opinion
Incisive, timely and forward-thinking views on the world of personal aviation and all that affects it.
Going Direct: Why Are Young Pilots So Darned Different From Us?
It’s inevitable that kids today are a total mystery to us. They are to every preceding generation. Here’s what they’re up to.
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Going Direct: Good Riddance 2020
The worst year for aviators gives way to the most uncertain one. Plus, bad news from the FAA, again.
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Going Direct: Two Degrees Of Separation From Chuck Yeager
How his career and legend shaped my flying life, and those of a million other pilots.
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Going Direct: Save Lives: Be A Jerk
Politeness has no place in aviation, at least not where the truth is concerned.
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Going Direct: Old Planes, An Update
The news on the FAA’s final AD on PA-28s and PA-32s could be costly. Here’s why it’s a no-brainer, though.
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Going Direct: What Pilots Get About Risk That The Rest Of The World Doesn’t
We learn a lot more than just X’s and O’s in flight school, even if we don’t realize it.
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Going Direct: News Report: Plane Crash In Austin! But, Hold On….
The media’s perverse fascination with plane crashes is easy to get. Their audience is afraid of airplanes.
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Going Direct: The Truth Behind The Whiteman Crash Brings Online Jerks Into Sharp Focus
Some pilots have been quick to criticize, which is not only beyond thoughtless but, at least in this mishap, apparently flat out wrong.
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Going Direct: Aviation Claims—Truth, Spin and Deception (And How to Tell The Difference)
Here’s a fact. Companies working on new aircraft will make claims about their planes that defy common sense, at least aviation common sense. Sadly, even aviation types are taken in by those claims.
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