Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

Mesa, AZ, is home to over 300 sunny days each year, making it a top spot for flight training. When you search for flight instructors near Mesa, you’ll find that consistent good weather means fewer lesson cancellations and more time in the air. Emphasis on cockpit resource management, flight planning, and weather interpretation.

Checkride

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Discussions may also cover weather interpretation, flight planning, and risk management. Weather Theory and Interpretation Weather is a critical factor in flight safety. Revisiting weather concepts, such as atmospheric pressure systems, fronts, and cloud formations, enhances your ability to make informed decisions.

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Plane and Pilot

MAY 24, 2025

The CFI told the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) the flight review was thorough and commented in the endorsement that the pilot had good aeronautical decision-making skills. The pilot understood the weather concerns. He kept telling the CFI he would be OK and would stop if the weather got too bad.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Weather : How to interpret weather reports and forecasts, including TAFs (Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts), METARs, and PIREPs. You’ll also review the effects of weather on flight and decision-making. Study up on airspace, weather interpretation, and regulations before your review.

Aeronautical Decision-Making

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

Regulations: 15 to 25 percent Airspace and requirements: 15 to 25 percent Weather: 11 to 16 percent Loading and performance: 7 to 11 percent Operations: 35 to 45 percent FAA Part 107 Test Cost The cost of the Part 107 exam is $175, which you pay to the testing center when you schedule a date, time, and location for the exam.

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Air Facts

JANUARY 3, 2025

Believe it or not is a real thing, a different version of the dreaded plan continuation bias, and has just as much aeronautical decision-making consequences as the other-itises.s.s.s. I read every NWS Forecast discussion in the southeastern US, and looked at every weather app I could.

Aeronautical Decision-Making

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

Don’t Push It Special VFR is a great tool for getting in and out of airports when the weather is deteriorating, or the airport is sitting under a small cloud layer. This is not something to ever be abused — you don’t want to push the limits with hazardous weather or go beyond your own personal minimums.

Visual Flight Rules

Fullthrottle Aviation

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Weather, a busy controller, a busy airport, and heavy training traffic are just a few that we often encounter on practical exams. Even as airline pilots we are not immune to making mistakes and errors. I have rarely gone missed off an instrument approach due to weather. Threats exist everywhere in our operation.

Aeronautical Decision-Making

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

You will learn about weather reports, Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs), and good decision-making. The Main Subjects Include Aeronautical knowledge and flight planning. Weather theory and interpretation. Aeronautical decision-making. Navigation techniques and instruments.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2024

Many factors, such as the size of the drone, weather conditions, and type of radar, will determine whether or not a drone will be detected. Your drone can go higher than this, but to be legal and safe, 400 feet AGL is the maximum altitude you can fly. Will a drone show up on radar? How much is a Part 107 drone license?

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Gary's Flight Journal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I've been going through weather updates and long range forecasts for the last two weeks along with reviewing approaches and alternates for our flight. To start our flying day I must stress the most important part of flight planning, ADM, Aeronautical Decision Making. The MOS weather shows rain ending by 8am, we shall see.

Clearance

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 7, 2025

It helps you evaluate the weather, terrain, and airspace ahead. And if you ever feel unsure about a decision, you can always go back to PAVE to help you choose the safest option. When it comes to the environment, such as bad weather or tough terrain, you can adjust your route, delay your trip, or cancel altogether.

NOTAMs

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

You’ll review classifications such as Class A, B, C, D, E, and G airspaces, along with their entry requirements, communication protocols , and weather minimums. Weather Considerations Interpreting weather data is a critical skill for making informed flight decisions.

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Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts. Trying to make large corrections to return to the centerline is dangerous, so it’s best to go around. Not Recognizing the Need for a Go-Around Choosing when to go around is one of the most important decisions a pilot can make.

Wind Shear

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

You should go only if the weather is as benign as forecast, good alternates exist, and you feel good about doing it. On Deciding Aeronautical decision-making, or ADM, is a fashionable buzz phrase that is, in reality, as old as flight itself. There are still times when the limitations of the operating environment prevail.

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