This podcast was created with unconditional love for aviation. This incredible industry has aided worldwide economic growth and prosperity. The aviation industry today is on the brink of change. With leaping advancements in technology, we are becoming more distant not only from the stick and rudder, but from the people that work day and night for aviation; as we move towards an era of aviation driven by autopilot, unmanned aerial vehicles, and groundbreaking automation software. This show is about bringing awareness and appreciation back to the pilots, crews, instructors, and folks on the ground that fuel the aviation industry from the core. Aviation safety is also an important focus of this podcast. Topics such as crew exhaustion and violation of minimum rest periods only skim the surface. We also discuss those scary situations no pilot ever wants to be in. Secure the cabin, fasten your seatbelts, we are cleared for takeoff.
In this episode, we talk about some of the challenges faced by low time pilots. Especially with employers bullying pilots to push legal and physical limitations. As a pilot that is starting off, it may be difficult to say no. With Sebastian Ballesteros, our very first guest on the show, we discuss why it is important to say no. Covering challenges Sebastian has faced throughout his career. We also discuss different pilot mindsets and why the captain rules the cockpit mentality is just too dangerous and potentially catastrophic if not corrected. We discuss the Tenerife Airport Disaster, which took place on The 27th of March, 1977, where two Boeing 747 passenger jets, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Resulting in 583 fatalities making it one of the most tragic, devastating, and fatal accidents in aviation history. To this day, discussions about this accident run chills down every pilots spine. The captains mindset was the primary cause of this accident in addition to other factors, it was a series of events. Centred around the Captains mind.
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