My first threat was the unfamiliar 2,600-foot grass strip. I flew a complete circuit around the pattern in order to appropriately assess the environment.

Since the UAE won a seat to the member council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation in 2007, the GCAA has worked closely with the UN's WFP Aviation Safety in the Middle East (based in ...

The aviation industry epitomizes this concept; during the 1970s NASA and aviation researchers realized that humans are the least reliable resource in the cockpit.