Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. It’s your Pilot in Command responsibility under 91.103.

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

When hiring pilots, requirements include a minimum of 3000 hours TT and experience in the medical field, although most applicants who join the aviation unit have closer to 5000 hours. Once hired, the company has a pilot development program in which second-in-command (SIC) pilots train to meet pilot-in-command (PIC) standards.

Pilot 40

Pilot Weather Flight Plan Airplanes 40

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

When hiring pilots, requirements include a minimum of 3000 hours TT and experience in the medical field, although most applicants who join the aviation unit have closer to 5000 hours. Once hired, the company has a pilot development program in which second-in-command (SIC) pilots train to meet pilot-in-command (PIC) standards.

Pilot 40

Pilot Weather Flight Plan Airplanes 40

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 20, 2025

A close embrace tango was committed, Rambo was safely tucked away in his familiar hangar, and in December we retreated to Colombia. We have found that weather and NOTAM reports in South America range from excellent to none. Moral of the story: Be the pilot in command. No agenda, no reservations, just big gas tanks.

Air Traffic Control 77

Air Traffic Control Pilot in Command NOTAMs Weather 77