What They Don’t Teach You in Ground School, Part I: Pushy Corporate Clients
Desperate pilots don’t stay pilots long. In the short term, they may be in the air, but in the long run, the Client Factor will make a decision for them that they simply can’t live with.
The Continuing Mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
People keep asking “how can a plane simply disappear?” It’s an idea that doesn’t seem to compute in an age of instant and total connectivity.
You’re the Pilot: In Flight Medical Emergency
You're flying what should be a routine domestic flight. Just as you reach cruising altitude, the lead flight attendant calls the flight deck: there is a sick passenger onboard. What do you do?
Turbulence: Everything You Need to Know, Part 1
Turbulence is far and away the number one concern of anxious passengers. Patrick Smith sheds light on the phenomena and how pilots handle turbulence in flight.
Continental Found ‘Criminally Responsible’ for Air France Concorde Crash
Continental Airlines was found "criminally responsible" for the crash of Air France Flight 4590, the Paris Concorde disaster which killed all 109 on board.