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Read more about the article Making Mistakes & Moving On

Making Mistakes & Moving On

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:August 27, 2024
  • Post category:Blog

I was fortunate enough to start my flight training not long after my mum began hers. For those of you that have family members already in the industry, you will…

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Read more about the article Normalization of Deviance

Normalization of Deviance

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:November 10, 2021
  • Post category:Blog

Sharing my 10 minutes of fame from last months Safety First Webinar. With hope that there might be something for you to take away at the end that will help…

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Humbling Moment

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:July 31, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

Even now as I look back on my simulator assessment, I get a bundle of knots in my stomach. The voice of the Captain in the right hand seat still…

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Clash of the Commuters

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:June 28, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

How easily influenced are your preferences? And what does it take to make you change your mind? After a recent flight I was questioning my own biases and decided finally, to…

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Read more about the article Once Upon a Dark Night

Once Upon a Dark Night

  • Post author:StretchMaster
  • Post published:June 27, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

When your very survival depends on the helping hand of a stranger.Anyone who’s ever been lost in an aircraft will tell you it’s not a pleasant experience. But at night…

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Read more about the article Bonny(fide) Brilliance

Bonny(fide) Brilliance

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:June 26, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

The story of my first time in a Bonny. I had just come out of 3-months of lockdown. Post-surgery, post-retrenchment, post-near-mental-breakdown, this flight changed my way of thinking. Not only about…

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Read more about the article African Aero Safari

African Aero Safari

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:May 21, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

​It’s often the best jobs that seem to appear out of nowhere. Like fog on a winters morning, they tend to take you by surprise. I find these spontaneous, out…

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Read more about the article The Navigation Speed Rally

The Navigation Speed Rally

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:May 13, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

This air rally is a race against pre-determined handicap speeds and up to 50 other competitors. An incredible way for any aviation enthusiast to spend the weekend. Teams of two,…

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Read more about the article Hour Building: The cost of getting your foot in the door

Hour Building: The cost of getting your foot in the door

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:May 9, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

Aviation could prove to be one of the most rewarding things you do in your life. Provided you make the necessary sacrifices, that is. Paying your dues is a significant…

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Read more about the article SVFR: A Day to Remember

SVFR: A Day to Remember

  • Post author:Rhett Shillaw
  • Post published:May 6, 2020
  • Post category:Blog

Another Seemingly Simple DeliveryI was behind in the aircraft we would return in. Trailing because the battery was giving trouble on start up. At Lanseria our home base, getting a Ground…

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