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A fatal impact during a training flight involving two experienced pilots prompts Adrian Park to consider the relationship between rules, procedures, compliance and human performance. The words that spell out rules and procedures are dead marks on a page until they are embodied and lived out.

Is modern desk-based aircraft simulation good enough to get Adrian Park through a check ride (or 2) after a few years away from the...

Wire strike rarely offers second chances, which means knowledge, planning and abundant caution are your only defences. For most private pilots, the best strategy to...

After years of flying a desk Adrian Park faces the dilemma of how to preserve his skills. Could the solution be in the computer...

Avro Lincoln, Mk 31, A73-64 Mt Superbus, Qld 4.14 am, 9 April 1955 A sick baby, a tired crew, a mountain waiting in the mist Ten years of...

Managing mental health issues in aviation is challenging, for pilots and managers By Adrian Park As professionals we have plans and systems for pretty much everything,...

By Adrian Park A captain overwhelmed by lack of sleep loses control of his aircraft On a late August afternoon in 1993, an approach to Runway...

Adrian Park looks at West Air Sweden flight 294, on 8 January 2016 The rapid and total destruction of a night freight jet is a...

Pilots, maintainers, engineers, ATCs and cabin crew have told us how nothing matches the ‘tea room factor’ of our renowned print edition – so...

An old aviation saying states, ‘Superior pilots use their superior judgement to avoid situations that would require the use of their superior skills.’ Decisions …...