Unable, the One Word That Hands Control Back to the Pilot, and Why Saying It on the Radio Is Never Rude
Saying 'unable' to ATC isn't rude - it's standard phraseology that keeps you, the pilot in command, safely in control.
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Federal Aviation Regulation Ninety-One Point Three, the Rule That Lets You Break the Rules, and What Pilot in Command Really Means When Everything Goes Sideways
FAR 91.3 makes the pilot in command the final authority and lets you deviate from any rule in an emergency - here's what that really means.
PatternFederal Aviation Regulation Ninety-One Point One Hundred Seven, the Seat Belt and Shoulder Harness Rule, and the Thirty Seconds of Buckling In That Nobody Briefs Until It's Too Late
FAR 91.107 requires pilots to brief, notify, and ensure passengers wear seat belts and shoulder harnesses during taxi, takeoff, and landing.
PatternBasicMed Grows Up, the Expansion to Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Pounds and Seven Seats, and What Flying Without a Third-Class Medical Actually Costs You in Responsibility
BasicMed is expanding to 12,500 lbs and 7 seats under the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act - here's what it changes and what it doesn't.
TowerFAR Ninety-One Point Three, the Final Authority Rule, and the Two Sentences That Let You Break Any Regulation in the Book to Save the Airplane
FAR 91.3 makes the pilot in command the final authority and lets you deviate from any rule to meet an in-flight emergency.
PatternNinety-One Point Three, the Emergency Authority That Lets the Pilot in Command Bend Any Rule to Save the Flight
Learn how FAR 91.3 gives the pilot in command final authority and the power to deviate from any rule in an emergency - and its limits.
PatternThe Word Unable, the Most Powerful Word on the Radio, and Saying No to a Controller Who Just Told You to Do Something You Can't on the Way Into Oshkosh
Why 'unable' is the most powerful word on the radio, and how to say no to a controller when an instruction isn't safe.
PatternFAR 91.3 and the Regulation That Makes You Captain
FAR 91.3 is three sentences that establish every pilot as directly responsible for and the final authority over their aircraft - here's what that actually means.
PatternFAR ninety-one dot one oh three and the most important regulation you're probably not following all the way
FAR 91.103 requires pilots to review all available information before every flight - here's what that actually means in practice.
PatternLogging pilot in command time versus acting as pilot in command and why they are not the same thing
Acting as pilot in command and logging PIC time are two separate legal concepts under the FARs that every pilot must understand.
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