Flight Safety Australia

For smaller operators, setting up a human factors and non-technical skills (HFNTS) training and assessment program can feel complex – especially if you think...

We’re often asked where certain information should live in an operator’s documentation. Typical questions include: Should Human Factors and Non‑Technical Skills (HFNTS) procedures be included...

We invite you to test yourself with the quiz

Pilots check weather, fuel and NOTAMs before every flight; for greater safety, sharing your flight details ensures someone else knows your plan, but some flights require a flight notification.

There's a new way to understand what a safety management system (SMS) looks like in an aviation operation.

Busy ground operations increase the risk of runway incursions at Class C and D airports. Why does this happen and how can you prevent entering a runway without clearance? Read practical tips that will help you stay clear of the runways.

A new approach to gaining engineering qualifications aims to boost supply in this important trade.

One of the many affectionate jokes about the seemingly immortal Douglas DC-3 is how on many surviving examples the aircraft data plate is the...

A newly minted pilot faces their first emergency, with the added complication of it happening in tightly controlled airspace. Spoiler: it ended well.

About 8 years ago on a perfect winter's morning, I was conducting a flight from a Class D aerodrome. It was an IFR flight...

When nothing goes right, distraction and frustration open the door for error.

With up to 70-knot westerly winds forecast at higher altitudes, I calculated a longer-than-usual flight from Bankstown to Griffith in NSW. It would also...

A glider pilot is shaken by an encounter with the sheer power of nature

A simple mistake haunts an unnamed pilot.