Ask a working pilot how they know exactly where the flap lever is without looking, and most will struggle to explain it. They just know. That kind of knowledge lives somewhere other than conscious thought, and understanding where it comes from explains why simulator repetition works so well, and why cramming ground school material the […]

Every few months, another headline warns of a looming pilot shortage. Airlines are recruiting harder, offering signing bonuses, and lowering age minimums for regional carriers. The framing is almost always the same: not enough people want to fly for a living. That framing is wrong, or at least incomplete. The harder truth is that the