Nick Johnson from Corsaire Aviation Group shares lessons from managing safety across a complex operation. He discusses the ...

At its best, risk management (RM) is one of the foundations of an effective safety management system (SMS). An SMS should not be viewed or managed bureaucratically as simply a collection of procedures ...

I cancel trip after trip, even on clear blue days, because I worry the weather for my return journey in a week’s time might not be good enough to get home safely. I dread the idea of being stuck for ...

If you’ve recently developed your safety management system (SMS), the next step is to put it into practice. To deliver safety benefits, your SMS must be used as part of daily operations and ...

Your take-off was flawless. Your approach? Textbook. And then – taxi time. One hand on the stick, while the other completes post-landing checks. Next, your mind drifts off to how buttery your landing ...

Flight Safety Australia: CASA's flagship aviation safety magazine. Topical, technical, but reader-friendly, articles cover all the key aviation safety issues – safety management systems, maintenance, ...

Every pilot flying twins remembers the mantra driven into them during their initial training: Maintain Control, Mixture Up, Pitch Up, Power Up, Gear Up, Flap Up, Dead Leg—Dead Engine, Confirm, ...

That’s a phrase no person wants to hear from anyone, least of all their doctor, but the words struck me hard. My blood pressure was creeping up and my blood test returned results that were bordering ...

Amy Johnson flew a Gipsy Moth from London to Darwin, solo, over 20 days in May 1930. Around 10,000 nautical miles, cruising at 74 knots. That’s at least 135 hours of flying. She had only qualified for ...

Airmanship may sound old school but former British Airways captain Eric Moody argues it is just as important now as it was when he and his crew struggled to restart all 4 engines on his Boeing 747-200 ...

The standard response to mentioning pilot incapacitation in a hangar discussion seems to be a joke about dodgy prawns. Like many jokes it’s an attempt to make light of something grim and seemly ...

Regional flying has hazards and one is almost invisible to the naked eye – wires. Wire strikes can affect both fixed wing and rotorcraft, with several notable accidents occurring over the past few ...