Jun 21, 2009 | Capt Rons Blog
December 17 is a historic day in aviation. In 1903, 106 years ago, the Wright brothers made their first flight. It was a monumental event then, but today their flight wouldn’t cover the distance from one wingtip on a Boeing 747 to the other. Their feat was pretty...
May 21, 2009 | Capt Rons Blog
A fearful flyer in class admitted that her fear of flying was centered on being afraid to fly over water. “I’ve never flown over an ocean,” she said. ” In case of an emergency, where does the plane land?” The obvious difference between flying over water and flying...
Apr 10, 2009 | Capt Rons Blog
An email from recovering fearful flyer Regina was directed this week to Capt. Ron: WHAAAAATTTTTT the FAA is going to allow pilots to fly while taking antidepressants???? (&_(*M&*$N)C(@*MX)@ What airlines are this dumb? And to agree with the FAA on this one?...