When I earned my first jet type rating more than 25 years ago it was just assumed that I knew how to fly and could pass the course. If I couldn’t, the check ride would find my shortcomings, and I ...

In May 2022, an air-traffic controller in Florida received a frantic call. The pilot of a single-engine Cessna 208 had collapsed, leaving the sole passenger—with no experience at all flying a plane—to ...

Confidence is one of those attributes a pilot must have in just the right amount. Too much makes you the poster child for hazardous attitudes. Too little, and your training can stretch out, despite ...