UNICOM—February 2025

Aviation Safety

Monday, February 03, 2025 at 05:00 AM ET

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Edited By: Omar Filipovic

Key Takeaways:

Comprehensive post-flight inspections are crucial for aviation safety, encompassing checks like fluid levels, cabin organization, and properly securing the aircraft to combat complacency and ensure readiness for future flights.
Utilizing VFR flight following is a valuable, free tool for pilots to enhance situational awareness, gain essential experience interacting with Air Traffic Control, and learn by actively listening to radio communications.

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Expanded Preflights

Thanks for Ryan Motte’s January 2024 article on pre-flight inspections, “Expanding Your Preflights.” I especially appreciate the sidebar on post-flight inspections, which I think are under utilized.

I’d expand your list of items to check after a flight. Of course, the extent of a post-flight we perform has a lot to do with any problems or anomalies we experienced on the way in, but a little extra attention can make getting out again a lot simpler and quicker.