New survey confirms pilot shortage has hit General Aviation!

JSfirm.com, an aviation job advertisement website, has completed its annual surveyof more than 200 Part 91 and 135 operators, which shows that flight hours are down as more companies are impacted by the pilot shortage.

NTSB: Loss of control in flight is biggest killer in general aviation

The data from 2008 and 2014 indicates that loss of control in flight continues to be the biggest killer in general aviation, accounting for nearly half of fatal fixed-wing general aviation accidents. The accidents resulted in 1,194 fatalities.

Aviators use METAR reports to get essential knowledge of flying conditions. To the casual observer this may look like a string of random letters and numbers, but we will teach you how to decode such a report.

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