A lot of new students, and even commercial pilots, wonder what pay they can anticipate once they land that first job that begins their careers. The reality is that the salary of a pilot can vary drastically depending on where someone is working, what aircraft they are flying, and what quality of life they desire. Let’s…
You know how people tend to think flight training is a complex and daunting process? Well, SharpeAero is redefining Canada’s flight training environment by creating training resources focussed on the practical, in-flight aspects of flight training that are simple, focused and concise. This way, student pilots can save time and money during their flight training…
Aviation Medical Validity Periods This is a rather unusual post that is being made in our blog section, but it is fairly important. We are going to be addressing a rather misunderstood concept in aviation surround the aviation medical, in particular the validity period of the medicals. This is an important article to read because…
Workload Management Workload Management involves the proper allocation and distribution of tasks to individuals, avoidance of work overloads in self and in others and the use of resources to reduce stress and increase performance. This article expands on our existing series of topics on Threat and Error Management which we believe are key skills for…
As a part of our Threat and Error Management series of articles, we supplement our Commercial Pilot Ground School with this article on leadership in aviation. Leadership and team building is also a core element of our AC 700-042 CRM training for Canadian crews. Pilots can sometimes be good leaders, however they also succumb to…
Pilot Errors A pilot error is an action or decision of the pilot that, if not caught and corrected, could contribute to the occurrence of an accident or incident. Inaction or indecision are also included in the definition. Pilot error does not always imply fault; this particular topic will be further discussed in this section….
Level Flight and Straight Flight This blog article on level flight and straight flight is being created out of the necessity to clear a few things up for pilots in engaged in pilot training or online ground school. Let’s get started. What is straight and level flight? The first thing we tell students in this…
Float Rating This is the last part of our 4 part series on seaplane flying. To recap, part 1 examined the pre-flight inspection and how to assess water conditions, part 2 focused on taxiing the float plane, and part 3 examined different take-offs and basic airwork. Every take-off is optional but every landing in a…
In Part 1 of our Seaplane Rating and Float Rating series we discussed the basics of the seaplane rating and how to do basic operations in the aircraft before starting up and going. Part 2 looked at maneuvering the float plane on water and included the various ways to taxi. Take–Off in a Float Plane…
Float Rating In part 1 of our series on float flying, we looked at the basics maneuvers surrounding float rating training. The main topics were how to do a walk around on a float plane, how to evaluate the water conditions for flying, and some basic requirements. Let’s do a quick review: Float Rating Requirements…
