Monthly Features
When Someone Needs to Get There, They Fly
Every day across the Southeast, something extraordinary happens — quietly, compassionately, and often without recognition. Angel Flight Soars (AFS), an Atlanta-based nonprofit, lifts people...
How Miracle Flights Uses Commercial Aviation to Connect Children to Life-Changing...
For many families across the United States, accessing specialized medical care is not as simple as scheduling an appointment. The best treatment options for...
For the One: A Pilot’s Journey from Passion to Purpose
My first mission was risky. The woman was being held at a hospital until we could transport her to a safe location. Her trafficker...
Latest Articles
Off Autopilot: Choosing Hope in Uncertain Times
Turn on the news, scroll through social media, or listen to conversations around you, and you will find stories about uncertainty and things that...
Hiring and Firing
You may have heard the phrase: “Be slow to hire and quick to fire.” I couldn’t agree more with both sentiments but let me...
Will AI Undermine Aviation Safety?
As we approach the tenth year of TikTok’s existence, you’ve likely had non-aviation friends or family send you videos showing crazy or unbelievable aviation...
Letter from the Publisher
Dear Readers,
Twenty-five years. It doesn't seem possible, and yet here we are.
For most of us in this industry, September 11th isn't a date on...
Learning Leadership In Aviation
When I started air carrier training last fall, a consistent theme reappeared throughout our program: upon certification as Airline Transport Pilots, we would not...
Equal Transit Theory
A few years ago, while I was lecturing in the aviation department at a university in my home state, I was teaching an advanced...
Your Body Won’t Let You Sleep — And It’s Not Your...
You know the drill. You block in at 2340 local. Van at 0010. Room by 0045. You’re horizontal by 0115 with a 0430 lobby,...
Ice Crystal Icing: The Invisible Threat in Convective Anvils
High ice water content (HIWC), which results in ice crystal icing (ICI) is perhaps one of the most counterintuitive traps in modern commercial aviation....
Aviator Bulletins
American Airlines 737-800 Aborted Takeoff at LGA Was a False Alarm,...
An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 rejected takeoff at LaGuardia Airport Thursday morning after the crew suspected a bird strike during the takeoff roll. The...
