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ARE YOU A TWO-HANDED PILOT?

by Jack Boyd
Do you fly an airplane like you’re driving a race car? From time to time I observe a pilot gripping the yoke with both hands during the takeoff roll or landing flare and rollout. Doing so probably commits this pilot...
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Selecting Navigation Checkpoints

by Jack Boyd
Do you use airports as cross country checkpoints? One pilot did and subsequently received a phone call from the FAA accusing him of operating an aircraft in a reckless manner while flying directly over the top of 2IS (see sectional)...
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Debrief: Checkride Angst. Why am I doing this to myself?

by Jack Boyd
What does a private pilot applicant have in common with a 9,000-hour airline 777 captain upgrade candidate? They are both expected to prove themselves in a practical test environment, for one thing. The other commonality is fear of checkride failure....
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Debrief: Automation Misuse. Why is it doing this?

by Jack Boyd
Last year, during a predawn instrument approach in instrument meteorological conditions, a UPS A300 was destroyed and its crew killed when it struck terrain just short of the runway. Preliminary findings show that the Airbus crew was held abnormally high...
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