military transport aircraft operations to forward bases with unscdeduled CASEVAC
The Vijaynagar Decision
Tag: decision making
Why do I blog?
Lot of people ask, “Why do you blog?”. It was the beginning of the lockdown (COVID-19 Pandemic) and like everyone, I had no idea what it is going to be like and what I am going to do about it. After the initial few days, I decided to blog. It was scary at first. My brain, mind and body resisted. What if I was totally wrong. What if my understanding was lacking and language incomprehensive. The decision was getting challenged. But I decided to challenge them to see the other…
Beyond Fear and Death
You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don’t give up. Chuck Yeager In aircraft, an ejection seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with it. Once clear of the aircraft, the ejection seat deploys a parachute. Prior to WWII, the only means of…
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The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC).
Critical Thinking for Pilots: Self debrief and Learning from our own mistakes…
What’s the point in thinking about what could have been or what might have happened? What’s done is done. We’ve heard this. We’ve probably thought this. But don’t drown your sorrows or celebrate too soon, because this self debrief is how important insights are revealed that will improve your decision quality in the air as well as on the ground. But before we start let me say that it is best to learn from others’ mistakes then make your own. However, as pilots we undertake multiple flights every day and not one flight is…