Latest news

Recommendation for helicopter safety improvement issued

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has selected the items for the agency’s 2021–2022 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements

Garmin adds new features to its Pilot app

Garmin has added new features to the Garmin Pilot app on iPad or iPhone mobile devices

Safety exercises ordered for helicopter operators in Malaysia

The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has ordered local helicopter operators, maintenance organizations and helicopter pilots to participate in a mandatory safety awareness exercise

Mountain-flying training for RCAF Griffon pilots

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) helicopters have been flying high above the Okanagan Valley in Canada, practicing mountain-flying techniques

Pilots News

Flight Risk Assessment Tools – what are the software options for operators?

In the fast-moving world of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) and search and rescue (SAR) operations, doing on-the-fly risk assessments can make an already hazardous job all the more dangerous…

How to be an air medical pilot

Mike Biasatti details the professional and personal qualities that make air medical pilots unique in their skillset; examining their resilience and ability to perform on-the-spot risk assessments in the face…

Electronic flight bags – the realities of standards, regulations and innovations

Documentation and information available to flight crew is now increasingly managed and disseminated electronically. Mario Pierobon discusses how electronic flight bags (EFBs) have changed the way air medical pilots and…

Instrument Flight Rules operations for HEMS

Introducing instrument flight rules operations means increased safety for crews and patients. Barry Smith spoke to operators and training providers to find out how complicated they are to implement

Avoidance of VFR flights into IIMC

HEMS pilot Mike Biasatti talks about his experience with inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions and shares how, with a few simple measures, pilots can avoid putting themselves, and their…

When does reliance on automation become over-reliance?

With more technology than ever before available to pilots to assist in operational decision-making, Mike Biasatti considers whether an overreliance on automation poses a clear and present danger to the…

Aircrew safety: Helmet standards in the US

Amy Gallagher asks if the new Civilian Aviation Helmet Standard has resulted in more questions than answers

Dynamic rollover – insights and avoidance tactics

David Farman, Aerospace Training System Specialist, Verification and Validation for CAE, shares his insights

Australian bushfires: aerial response from firefighters

Firefighters and military aid in Australia and beyond have come together to bravely fight the Australian bushfires. Mandy Langfield investigates

HEMS pilot view of the latest in IFR regulations

Mike Biasatti details some of the latest changes to regulations regarding helicopter IFR operations, and why they are so important.