Flight To Success

Flight To Success Be The Captain of Your Life

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Monday, September 12, 2016

Best Path To Success

Move Beyond Fear

"It is from a dark place
that I know, my fears
originate. But it is from
a light place, that I must
be willing to move
- beyond them."

~ by Eleesha,
Author of - The Soul Whisperer

Fear is one of the greatest obstacles in life. We must respect fear, but we must not allow it to hold us back from our dreams.

How do you know the difference between

Fear you should Respect

and the

Fear you must Face?

Chapter One of:

Will help to answer that question.

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Enjoy the Journey
XO Karlene

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Friday, September 9, 2016

Brandon Desjardins

Friday's Fabulous Flyer

Brandon Desjardins

If you want to fly, then you should just do it. Life is too short to not live all your dreams. There will be ups and downs, but if you focus you will get there. Brandon just received his private pilot license, and he offered to share his experience with us, and I'm sure you will feel his excitement and joy as you read his story. Just think, you too could be part of the few, the proud, the people who fly!

Brandon:

"After about 3 years and numerous breaks I finally decided to just put my time and effort into finishing my PPL. I started flying steadily back in April/May and finally received my private pilots license two weeks ago! It feels amazing to be done but more importantly through all the ups and downs that comes with training, I just didn't give up! I wanted this license so bad that I refused to quit, I refused to let anything stop me, and it paid off in the end. I did my training at Harvs Air in St. Andrews which is a small airport just about 10-15 minutes north of Winnipeg Canada. The benefit of this is that it's a controlled airport but small enough where it's not too stressful and you can learn to fly in a controlled zone and feel comfortable.

The checkride, as most pilots know, is broken up into two parts, the ground portion which took about 2 hours and then the flight test which took about 2 hours also. The ground portion went good passed everything smoothly, my examiner had been flying for 43 years but he was easy to talk to so I wasn't nervous much. We then took a half hour break before going for the flight test.

I actually wasn't that nervous for the flight test I'm not really sure why but it definitely helped my flight test for sure. We did the navigating portion, then the diversion, went to the practice area and did the upper air work and then went back to St Andrews to do two circuits and then we were done! I did everything right and with the exception of a few mistakes that were minor I passed. The examiner was pleased with my flying and told me he had no questions about flying with me and that I was a safe pilot.

After completing this endeavour I certainly think all the time, money and late nights studying was worth it. As not many people can say they can fly a plane! Flying is something that is fun every single time I go up and it's definitely something I can see myself doing for a living in any capacity. The feeling of being in control of an aircraft and operating a complex piece of machinery is awesome.

And nailing the landing is even better knowing you got the plane down safely! With that, I can officially say the words I've wanted to say for a long long time, I am officially a pilot! I realize though that this is just the beginning and I have a lot more to learn as I go on further in my training. I only have 103 hours which is a lot but I cannot get complacent or arrogant. I have to stay humble and keep learning. I have to realized that each flight is a lesson you can learn something from and to just keep flying safe!"

Excellent words of advice

for pilots everywhere

"Stay Humble and Keep Learning!"

Enjoy the Journey
XO Karlene

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Jet2 was also named the 10th best airline in the world.

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Jet2.com Takes Flight

Boeing Delivery

Boeing Field /from Airliners.Net

Low cost airlines are now buying aircraft off the factory floor. The word is that this is the first time Jet2.com, a low cost airline, has bought an aircraft from the factory. This is a huge milestone and signifies the growth of the airline over the years.

They now have a mixed fleet of 757, 737-300 and 737-800 aircraft. Their investment in new aircraft was announced HERE and then three more were ordered, making a total of 30 aircraft coming from Boeing! My friend, who works in the operations control center has shared this information with me, and is very proud of the airline's accomplishments, as he should be.

Next week you will find me at BFI as they depart Seattle for their stopover in Gander and onto Leeds they fly. Word is that the CEO will be at the ceremony. The airline also had a competition to fly some of the public to Seattle to join the celebration.

Last week, the company also announced

a massive recruitment drive!

Not too bad for a small Low Cost Carrier!

Enjoy the Journey
XO Karlene

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Motivation and Children too!

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Remove the Pilots

Remove the Problem?

Last week someone tweeted this statement to thousands on the internet:

"The skies will be safer if you remove the Pilots.

Pilots attribute to mostly all fatal accidents"

Photo from Shockmansion.com

While there is accuracy in that 90% of accidents have been attributed to pilot error, that figure does not tell a complete story. What they really should say is 90% were due to "human" error, combined with contributing factors.

Humans will and do make errors. Yet, if you look into a critical analysis of those accidents that created those stats, you would see that pilots are the last line of defense, and ultimately have been blamed, despite multiple contributing factors of training inadequacy, poorly contrived and written procedures, fatigue, systems failures, technology failures, and unexpected weather phenomena, to name a few.

What the author of that statement failed to realize is

how safe our industry is because of the pilots.

Thousands of pilots daily are using their experience, knowledge, instinct and innate skills to prevent accidents. You never hear about the decisions made by a human, in an aircraft who has stopped the catastrophic accident. These are unacknowledged heroes.

Days apart, I had flown with two different captains that made a decision for an alternate course of action that would not have been made by a ground-based operator, because they were not in the seat, observing the dynamics of the environment. I have no doubt had we proceeded as the aircraft and ground operator would have programmed, the ending would have may CNN breaking news.

Photo from Newsweek.com

Speaking of ground-based operators. If pilots are removed from the flight deck, these ground based people are humans and prone for error, as well. You will not eliminate human error by managing the system from the ground. You will remove multiple levels of safety. The ground based operators will not have the first hand observation, or the experience and knowledge pilots have to make the best decision. There is also a question as to the education level of these operators. As of now, I think any high school graduate can be a drone operator in the military.

Photo from dailymail.co.uk

Airline Pilots Save Lives!

Don't ever doubt that,

and don't ever lose them!

Enjoy the Journey
XO Karlene

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Monday, September 5, 2016

Happy Labor Day

In Honor of the American Work Force

Labor Day is a United States public holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. This is the day we honor the American labor movement and hard working individuals who built America and made it strong.

Today is also the day before my 35th wedding anniversary, too. So, we are celebrating on a flight, on our way to Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls... it's not just for the honeymoon! This will be the first time for both, and all I say is better late than never.

Now that the kids will be off to school, it's time to catch up on your reading!

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And for the Little Ones...

Enjoy the Journey
XO Karlene

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Friday, September 2, 2016

Aviation Heroes of a Lifetime

Joe Sutter and Bill Boeing Junior

REST IN PEACE

Bill Boeing Junior and Joe Sutter

This week the world received the sad news that Joe Sutter passed away, at the age of 95. Less that two years ago, Bill Boeing Junior also passed, at the age of 92.

These historical aviation legends

will never be forgotten.

Karlene and Joe

If you want to truly understand the character of Joe Sutter, take the time to read his book, 747. This is an amazing story of how integrity and speaking up for the right reason, not because it was the political thing to do, created the aircraft of the century. We had quite the talk when I told him I was flying the Airbus and he shared his thoughts about automation...

"Airplanes are supposed to do what the pilot tells them not the other way around. The difference between Boeing and Airbus is the Airbus tells the pilot what to do. That's wrong! The pilot should tell the plane what to do. And you can tell those Airbus people I said that. What are they going to do to me anyway? I'm ninety years old."

Bill Boeing Jr.'s career was vast and far-reaching, he always lived close to the roots his family planted in Seattle. Of his most important achievements was his saving, moving, and restoring the Red Barn... Where the first Boeing planes were made and is still the heart of The Museum of Flight. And we live in his honor every time we visit the museum, and share the gift of flight.

Bill Boeing Jr. and Karlene

We will Never Forget

our Aviation Leaders!

R.I.P.

Bill and Joe

The world is better place

because you both lived.

Enjoy the Journey
XO Karlene

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