I got to fly over Pampus during one of my recent helicopter lessons 🚁 My instructor snapped this photo of me at the controls with the little island in the background. Pampus isn’t just a dot in the IJmeer. It’s a former 19th-century sea fortress that once guarded the approach

✈️ 🇦🇲🇲🇩🇽🇰🇲🇰🇦🇱🇫🇷 Du 16 au 18 septembre dernier, le BEA | Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile a accueilli 5 délégations de nos homologues d'Arménie, de Moldavie, du Kosovo, de Macédoine du Nord et d'Albanie. Ces journées ont été l'occasion

Today is #InternationalDayOfPeace. ✌️ Peace isn’t just the absence of war. It’s the courage to heal wounds - around the world and inside ourselves. When leaders and citizens alike become targets of anger, we’re reminded how fragile peace is. But even when society feels torn,

I love EVs. And I can’t wait for the day autonomous ones quietly drive me around while I nap, read, or work. Even though I love driving, I’m okay with the idea that in the future, driving might become something we do just for sport, like sailing or horseback riding. But here’s

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62nd ECAC Air Accident & Incident Investigation Group (ACC) meeting in Vienna 🇦🇹, chaired by Crispin Orr (@aaibgovuk). Hosted by the Austrian SIA, experts tackled key issues like investigating in mountainous terrain 🏔️ — vital for advancing aviation safety ✈️🔍#aviationsafety

The first and only existing photo of Chernobyl on the morning of the nuclear accident 34 years ago today – April 26, 1986. The heavy grain is due to the huge amount of radiation in the air that began to destroy the camera film. #OTD

Happy national day to all Dutch people! 🇳🇱 & 🇪🇺 The 1992 treaty establishing the European Union as we know it today takes its name from the Dutch city where it was signed – Maastricht. For info about the Council in Dutch, check out →

Today we celebrate World Pilots’ Day, honoring the men and women who keep the world connected, safely and skillfully. The date, 26 April, marks the first flight of Turkish aviation pioneer Fesa Evrensev in 1912. It was Turkish pilots who first championed this day

Today is #DutchAmericanFriendshipDay, and we want to celebrate our strong friendship. #DYK that America's longest unbroken, peaceful relationship with any foreign country is with the Netherlands? Take a look at some ties that connect us right here in Washington, D.C. #NLintheUSA

A stronger Europe champions equality. With the new Roadmap for Women's Rights, the 🇪🇺EU will keep working to empower every woman & girl across Europe to reach their full potential, free from violence & discrimination. #WomensDay 🔗 https://t.co/I4mqcO2gt5

The High School of Global Politics Once upon a time, the U.S. was the most popular kid in the high school of world politics. Confident, admired, the trendsetter everyone wanted to be like. Countries lined up to be in its friend group, followed its lead, and even copied its

Boris Spassky has passed away. A name every chess player comes across when learning the game. When I grew up playing chess, I was inspired by Karpov and @Kasparov63, but you can’t study the game without encountering the legendary battles between Spassky and Fischer. Their rivalry

Mr. President, 5 things the NTSB did last week: 1. Continued to investigate and support the investigations of 1,195 transportation accidents, including the midair collision of a Blackhawk helicopter operated by the U.S. Army with a CRJ-700 operated by American Airlines near

Errors happen in every industry, but in aviation, the stakes are high. Avoiding pilot error doesn’t fix the problem, it leaves the old narrative unchallenged. Every error is an opportunity to ask: 🔹 Why did this error make sense at the time? 🔹 What conditions allowed it? 🔹

How to talk about pilot error the right way: ❌ “The accident was caused by pilot error.” ✅ “The crew’s decision-making, shaped by workload and procedural gaps, contributed to the accident.” This keeps the focus on learning and system improvement, rather than blame.

A pilot forgetting a checklist item due to cognitive overload isn’t the same as skipping it because it doesn’t fit real-world ops. Understanding these differences moves us beyond blame and toward real solutions.

Labeling something as pilot error without deeper analysis hides the real issue. Errors come in different forms: ⚠ Slips – Small execution mistakes (e.g., flipping the wrong switch). ⚠ Lapses – Forgetting a step due to distraction or high workload. ⚠ Mistakes – Applying the

If an error occurred, we should be asking: 🔹 Why did it make sense at the time? 🔹 What information was missing or misinterpreted? 🔹 Why was that info unavailable or overlooked? 🔹 How did system design contribute?

Errors don’t happen in isolation. They occur within complex systems shaped by: ✅ Training ✅ Procedures ✅ Workload ✅ Automation ✅ Operational pressures A resilient system doesn’t just expect errors, it absorbs them before they become catastrophic.