Pilot Proficiency

Where do you fly when the windsock is dead calm?

Agency rule addresses ‘careless or reckless operation’ for pilots.

Ask essential questions before spending time and money on training with a mom-and-pop program.

Flight instructors need to show how to move beyond ‘pretty good’ descriptions of weather.

‘Comprehensive training’ remains paramount, so a single Designated Pilot Examiner shouldn’t dictate your flight instruction.

Tools for keeping the class engaged and motivated.

From IACRA records to muscle memory, a lapsed aviator can take to the skies again, even after two decades.

If you are safe about your return to the cockpit, age shouldn’t matter.

FAA does have rules when it comes to how this information should be handled.


It is possible to satisfy the 300 nm commercial stipulation on a family trip.