Imagine yourself in the seat of an Air Traffic Controller, sitting in a darkened room somewhere staring at screens with moving targets and talking with the pilots of those moving targets as they whisk along miles high in an aircraft that is likely moving at several hundred miles per hour. The pilot of a jet …
Continue reading Teamwork: Asking Questions and Keeping your Cool
In a previous post entitled The Honest Skeptic and the Alternate Plan, we considered the importance of honest skepticism in the living of life. The honest skeptic, as opposed to the lesser skeptic, or worse, the "yes man," recognizes the need to question when things don't appear right. In the world of aviation, pilots, air …
I am cruising along at 7,000 feet above ground level over southern Georgia on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) plan. I just checked in with Jacksonville Center, the air traffic control (ATC) station for the area and received the usually cordial and always comforting "Good morning," accompanied by the current local altimeter setting. Generally speaking, …
Gregory Hake 