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Technical writing on aviation safety, the AI in aviation regulatory landscape, and what's actually shipping in cockpits. Written for operators, by people who think about this every day.

TECHNOLOGY · 6 min read

What Garmin Autoland is, and what it doesn't cover

Autoland made aviation history last December. Here's what it actually does, and what it leaves untouched.

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SAFETY · 5 min read

Readback errors: the silent killer in GA accidents

Most of us missed something on the radio this week. Some of us missed it in a way that mattered.

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TECHNOLOGY · 6 min read

Why your G1000 doesn't have ESP, and what to do about it

Half a million aircraft fly with a Garmin glass panel. Most of them don't get the safety feature that matters most.

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REGULATORY · 7 min read

FAA's AI Safety Assurance Roadmap, explained for operators

The FAA published its plan for certifying AI in aircraft. Here's what it means if you're flying behind one.

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OPERATIONS · 6 min read

FOQA for Part 91 operators

Airlines have been mining flight data for safety insights since the 1990s. Most corporate flight departments still haven't. That's about to change.

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SAFETY · 6 min read

SID/STAR busts: the data nobody publishes

Pilots bust procedure restrictions all the time. ATC almost never says anything. So what does the data actually look like?

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TECHNOLOGY · 7 min read

How ATC transcription actually works (and where it still fails)

Aviation-specific speech recognition is finally good enough to be useful. It's also nowhere near solved.

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SAFETY · 6 min read

Single-pilot IFR: where the workload kills you

Hand-flying an approach in IMC while talking to ATC, configuring the airplane, and monitoring systems is the hardest thing in aviation. And we ask one pilot to do it alone.

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