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  • When Pilots Break the Rules

    November 20, 2019 · 24 min

    It's an all-too human tendency, borne from our natural desire to find quicker solutions not only on the flight deck - but also in our daily lives. It's also something all pilots are likely guilty of, especially if you have thousands of…

  • Airmanship Saves Southwest Flight

    October 25, 2019 · 27 min

    A Southwest Airlines flight crew finds themselves in a situation they'd never experienced before when their Boeing 737 suffers an uncontained engine failure on a flight from New York to Dallas, leaving them mere moments to make the right…

  • Avoiding King Air Rollover Tragedies

    September 18, 2019 · 24 min

    Over the past five years, one of the world's most popular, dependable aircraft has been involved in a series of accidents—all of them fatal, all of them on takeoff. In each case, the Beechcraft King Airs appeared to roll or yaw to the left…

  • Grappling with Grief

    August 15, 2019 · 22 min

    Pilots are keenly aware about physical issues that might ground them from flying, including vision problems, cancer, and heart trouble. But mental and emotional issues can also cause problems if brought onto the flight deck. One of them is…

  • DEF Contamination

    July 12, 2019 · 27 min

    Mistaking diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) additive for fuel system icing inhibitor PRIST on the flight line is a growing problem on ramps all over the world. This can be disastrous since DEF causes jet-A to crystalize and clog aircraft fuel…

  • Otto's Pilots Part 2

    June 17, 2019 · 29 min

    Unable to discern the fate of the small American delegation trying to win the freedom of an injured American college student from North Korea, a Phoenix Air flight crew decides to launch on its own. Says the pilot, "I'm an old Marine and…

  • Otto's Pilots Part 1

    May 17, 2019 · 27 min

    A call for help from Washington, DC to Phoenix Air, based at a tiny airport in Cartersville, Georgia: Can you fly a medivac mission right away? The destination: North Korea. This is the first of a two-part episode on the extraordinary…

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Furthering aviation safety awareness by exploring first-person experiences.