Pilots in Command: Your Best Trip, Every Trip

by Kristofer Pierson

"Pilots in Your Best Trip, Every Trip" goes beyond the requirements of flight training curricula into what is both a rarity and a sage advice from real pilots, for student and professional aviators alike, about how to be true leaders.

Captain-candidates at air carriers go through a “captains class,” an extra module in pilot upgrade training that helps them learn to operate each flight as a good leader. Yet not every captains class provides tricks of the trade or solid, experience-proven, leadership advice. Pilots know that when things go wrong, everyone looks to the captain — the pilot in command — to make things right.

In an easy-to-use format, on a range of topics that all tie into the application of basic leadership skills, the author covers crew roles, crew briefings, flight attendants, crew resource management (CRM), threat and error management (TEM), ground services, dispatch, customer service, abnormal and emergency situations, layovers, crew dynamics, 14 CFR Part 117 rest rules, and a new model of transformational leadership and professionalism for pilots.

Effective August 1, Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license applicants must complete a comprehensive ground school with instruction on leadership, professional development, crew resource management, and safety culture. This book is an excellent resource for the new ATP training requirements.

Pilots In Command shares with you the insights and techniques typically gained only from years of experience and interaction with your fellow pilots and crew at 35,000 feet.

Genres: Aviation

184 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 2014

Reviews

[Thuc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book. I learnt a lot especially, 2 models SEAICE and SAMWISE. However, while SEAICE provides enough items to brief cabin crew, SAMWISE, to my eyes is quite “forcing”. It seems to me that the author tries to fill the mnemonic, ie. S for Ship and E for Equiment mean the same thing, as you have to check aircraft and MEL.

Overall, interesting book for all PIC to be.

[Carlos Cabrera · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book, when I was about to take my final assessment to become a pilot and for me was a very inspiring book, I’m not yet in an airline but it helped me in a specific course where I was sharing a cockpit with a peer. I found it easy to read.

[Paparizos Nikos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellentl

Great book to read no matter at what level an aviator is. Truly to the point. Should be a must read for all new aviators