This survival guide for new pilots identifies the pitfalls waiting in the killing zone, the time from 50 to 350 flight hours when they leave their instructors behind and fly as pilot in command for the very first time. Although they’re privately accredited, several unseasoned aviators are unaware of the potential incidents that lie forward while wanting to build decision-making abilities on the own-many times dropping sufferer to inexperience.

Based on the first in-depth study of on the subject of The Killing Zone, 2nd edition: How and Why Pilots Perish pilot behavior and general aviation traveling accidents in over two decades, The Killing Zone, Second Edition offers practical advice to help identify enough time frame in which you are likely to die. Aviation expert Paul Craig presents rare insights in to the special risks new pilots face and includes up to date preventive strategies for flying through the killing zone . alive:

– New to the next Edition: Coping with Glass Cockpits; Gps navigation Moving Maps; Collision Avoidance Systems

– Alerts you to the 12 mistakes likely to get rid of you

– Provides recommendations for avoiding, evading, diverting, correcting, and managing problems

– Includes a ‘Pilot Character Self-Assessment Exercise’ for an individualized success strategy