On October 27 the instrument written loses its printed supplement. Four moves for students, CFIs, and flight school owners to make before the date, none of which require learning anything new about instrument flying.

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, and eight more gone in five days this month. If it's sitting with you and you haven't told anyone, here's who you can call, what's safe to say, and the one thing about reporting that stops most pilots before they start.

NBAA's Q2 2026 safety analysis put takeoff and landing collisions first. Why performing under observation is a trainable skill, and four ways to train it.

The FAA opened a new pathway for pilots managing anxiety and depression. It does not put you on it automatically, and the letter in your own file still decides. Here is the pilot's side of a change most coverage wrote for everybody else.

More than 41 percent of certified controllers are working six day weeks, and pilots can hear it on the frequency. So we guess instead of asking. That trade is not the favor it feels like.

A student who has been ready since July is not the same student four months later. What the checkride backlog does to confidence, why it lands on your school, and what the schools handling it well are doing differently.

The U.S. is short 24,000 pilots in 2026. The real bottleneck isn’t recruiting — it’s how many capable student pilots quit training. Here’s why the mental side of flying matters more than ever.