Flight Safety Australia

As aviation enters the final stages of flight operations rules transition, practical tools matter. The updated Safety behaviours: human factors for pilots kit (4th edition), plus a new digital facilitator guide, helps embed human factors into everyday operations.

May-tenance Month is back, shining a spotlight on the essential role aircraft maintainers play in keeping our skies safe. This year, celebrate their expertise, dedication and vital contribution they make to aviation safety with a month of engaging activities and initiatives.

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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...

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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.