About us

We believe that by sharing personal experiences we gain insight and become better pilots. So we created this website where students, seasoned pilots, and everyone in-between can share their experiences with aviation in an easy to read, beautiful way. Our hope is that you will follow our site, read these heartfelt articles and continue to become the safest, most proficient pilot possible.

Erika Armstrong

From the front desk of an FBO to the captain's seat of a commercial airliner, Erika Armstrong has experienced everything aviation has to offer. She is a professional pilot columnist and her aviation stories can be found in seven national aviation publications. Her book, A CHICK IN THE COCKPIT, is available wherever books are sold.
A career pilot stands next to a large propeller driven airliner.

Are Pilots Prostitutes: Career Pilot Compromises

The up and coming career pilot works in an era where they ...

Line of pilots protesting a possible pilot shortage

Pilot Shortage: Where’d All the Pilots Go?

The pilot shortage began when deregulation pulled us all away from small town ...

Flight attendant walking down the aisle of an airliner - Pilots and Flight Attendants

Flight Attendant Yin and Pilot Yang

Pilots and Flight Attendants, Working Together, Can Achieve a Perfect Balance One ...

A logbook showing pilot hours flying an aircraft.

Logbook Magic Numbers: Connecting Pilot Hours with Ability

There has, and will always be, debate about a magic number of ...

The Airbus aircraft involved in the Germanwings tragedy a year earlier

A Letter From Your Pilot: the Germanwings Tragedy

A Pilot Explores the Germanwings Tragedy It’s okay that I am away ...

An airliner in the maintenance hangar - Pilot vs Mechanic

Pilot vs Mechanic

A look at the eternal struggle of pilot vs mechanic. Logbook Entry ...

The inside on an air ambulance, designed to ferry sick passengers between hospitals for treatment.

Visine Pilots: Air Ambulance Adventures

Air ambulance flying can sometimes put life into a different perspective. It’s ...

Pilot checking instruments - Infinite Variables of Pilot Error: Flight Crew

Infinite Variables of Pilot Error: Flight Crews

Flight Crews are one of infinite variables that contribute to pilot error. ...

Pilots in the cockpit - Crew Resource Management: The Hidden Power

Pilot Persuasion: Effective Crew Resource Management

Using Force Persuasion For More Effective Crew Resource Management To err is ...

A private pilot and mechanic standing in front of an airplane

What is a Pilot?

What Characteristics Make a Pilot? When you think of a pilot, all ...