Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

And if you’re boarding a commercial airliner, this is true. In fact, you’re more likely to be struck by lightning than be in an airline accident. [1] However, they still have some ground to cover before they can match the safety record of the airlines. These reasons mirror why airline travel is so safe.

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Northstar VFR

MAY 16, 2024

With all the weather resources we have today, inadvertent flight from Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) into Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) continues to be one of the greatest causes of fatal accidents today. Why is this? can be confusing and overwhelming.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

He has a Delta airliner call on the ATC frequency and on guard (121.5) ATC: “720RP, how’s it going through that weather?” ATC: “N720RP, Cleveland.” ATC: “N720RP, Cleveland.” The controller polls other ATC positions to find out if they’ve seen or heard from the Piper. with no success.

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Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

CAE has an airline training focus with nearly twice as many training centers catering to airline training (36) as corporate (15) and helicopter (10). Helicopter courses include surviving inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), advanced energy management, and advanced cockpit resource management.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Example of a Preventable Accident A prime example of when a go-around could’ve prevented an accident is in the case of Southwest Airlines Flight 1455. The risk of losing control is higher in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) or at night. So, it’s important to use the flight instruments to maintain control.

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Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Putting the front to our tails, we flew in IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) for 30 minutes before emerging under a clear blue sky. Cleared to depart behind a commercial airliner, we were inscrutably vectored back and forth across the course to HAAYS, the first waypoint on the procedure. Better safe than sorry.

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