continuation bias

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Traffic Pattern Jun 28, 2026

Continuation Bias - The Mental Trap That Kills Pilots Who Know Better

Continuation bias is a documented factor in dozens of NTSB accidents annually - and knowing the term is not enough to protect you from it.

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Traffic Pattern May 27, 2026

The ceiling dropping to fifteen hundred feet on your cross-country and the one-eighty-degree turn you keep telling yourself you do not need yet

Learn why VFR pilots press on into deteriorating weather and how to build a decision framework that keeps you alive.

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