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In aviation, progress isn’t simply a matter of counting hours. Ask any pilot with a full logbook, and they’ll tell you: growth is measured in awareness, in the ability to adapt, and in the courage to ask for help when it matters.

The cockpit has a way of teaching lessons that stick. They aren’t just about flying an aircraft - they’re about judgment under pressure, about trust in others, about humility in the face of complexity. And those lessons travel well beyond aviation: they belong in boardrooms, classrooms, and daily life.

Here are eight reminders, drawn from recent aviation cases and backed by research, worth carrying with you.

1. Scan your own instruments first

Every pilot learns the habit of scanning the instruments. But there’s another scan just as critical — the internal one. Fatigue, distraction, or emotional overload can bend perception as surely as turbulence bends a wing.

The crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 (2009) highlighted the cost of fatigue and stress. The ...

By now most of the EASA flight schools providing ATPL(A) theory part of the course have implemented it in their training programs. But are they doing it right?

When I first started to study EASA guidelines about the new concept of KSA100 I was excited but also a bit confused.
"Knowledge, skills and attitude" is a combination of elements aviation specialists should be already familiar with - in the pilot training and pilot assessments. With different names and forms, this concept was visible earlier in the modern approach in aviation. That was the element of excitement - finally we can add such a crucial part to the training, assess students, provide them with important feedback, prepare for coming jobs and increase the safety of flying.

The confusion came with the "Implementation" part of the guidelines. It stated that each flight school can implement KSA100 as they wish, as long as they stick to the rules connected with some bullet points and scoring methods. 
It was also stated that v...