When I was going through my fixed wing flight training not too long ago, I knew that as a helicopter guy, my radio work and etiquette was below par when it comes to flying in and out of busy airspace. …
Time to say goodbye Read More »
In my opinion, before 9/11 happened, we were much closer to the tower controllers as pilots. Especially at the airport I learned how to fly at and later instructed. I used to bring my students up to the tower cab …
Captain Chuck, late again Read More »
There must be a whole lot of statistical anomalies happening on Roost Air’s airport, not just the one about runway incursions. And Chuck probably has a hand in most of them. By the way, I tried to write something funny …
17% of Runway Incursions Read More »
I imagine if you combined the movies “Top Gun” with the movie “Pushing Tin” you’d get something similar to today’s comic. It’s pilots versus controllers and I can see how controllers aren’t big fans of pilots not following the rules. …
Meeting an Air Traffic Controller Read More »