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Aviation Intelligence
Aviation Intelligence episodes
- Hardwired for Failure
We are all predisposed to take the path of least resistance. In aviation, this is causing a perpetual problem. How do we solve it?
14 min - Personality differences and Communication Barriers
Great conversations lead to safer skies. Communication barriers due to personality differences are most often unveiled in the most inopportune times. Discover your communication strengths and weaknesses by identifying your personality type, and then discuss potential latent compatibility issues when your personality type is interacting with your crewmember's type.
18 min - Speak up, or else ....
This episode is dedicated to all of the people who interact with pilots. Understanding the stakes in the game will help you overcome the fear of pointing out mistakes. Use this little token of advice to open the lines of communication with your pilot and level the playing fields.
13 min - Interview: Air Methods Asst Chief Pilot
Show Notes and Acronyms: www.avicair.com/blog/jason1
Ian worked with Jason Trask in Hawaii and watched Jason work his way into the Director of Training position. When Air Methods Corporation acquired some of the biggest tour operators, they recruited Jason to become the Assistant Chief Pilot of the entire corporation. In this interview, Jason shares some of his mindsets to adopt in order to succeed as an aviator. More importantly, he humbly admits to some hard lessons he has learned the hard way so you don’t have to, thus unveiling lessons that every pilot should learn so they can return home safely – every single time.1 hr 15 min - The One Goal of Crew Resource Management
Welcome to the Avic Air Podcast, where we are dedicated to improving opportunity and quality of life as well as safety in aviation. Your host Ian Robinson is an Airline Transport Pilot in airplanes and helicopters and has worked in nearly every sector in aviation with one goal in mind - how to bring those experiences back to the training table.
7 min - Instructors don't want to teach
Ian explains the hush-hush training deficiency that most aviators complain about after they enter the industry, and offers some possible solutions. The information you learn from this episode will change the way you perceive your training experience – maybe, just maybe – if the new entrants to the industry demand a higher standard of training providers, aviation will be a more safe and prosperous career choice for all!
19 min
About Aviation Intelligence
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Aviation Intelligence — the Avic Air podcast
For aviators, everyday points of frustration can mean life or death. This show takes aviation's tactics — the debrief, the…
checklist, the crew brief — and applies them to streamline your life, strengthen your relationships, and advance any career, in any industry.
Root cause analysis keeps finding the same thing: the human element is the number one cause of incidents, accidents, and revenue loss. We dissect the complex factors behind the two little words at the end of most crash reports — "pilot error" — and hunt for the solutions upstream of them.
From both sides of the hiring table and every corner of the industry, we cover what actually moves an aviation career and an aviation business:
- Interview prep — what recruiters really probe, and why authenticity beats memorized answers
- Checkride failure avoidance — never walk into a ride as a gamble, and how to come back stronger if you have
- Leadership & command training — CRM, decision making, and the crews people want to fly with
- Aircraft insurance — how underwriters read risk, and how a documented training record changes the conversation
- Aircraft brokering — buying and selling smart, with training and insurance baked into the deal
- The human skills underneath it all: minimizing stress and distraction, mastering negotiation and compromise, resolving conflict, motivating a team, overcoming your psychological and physiological limits, and turning small talk into great conversations
Aeronautical jargon is minimized and explained — these principles apply to any industry and any situation.
Aviation looks glamorous on digital media, but it demands sacrifice beyond belief, and succeeding means accepting more risk than any "normal" human would consider. Most great success is born out of frustration — so we're sharing the things that keep us up at night. This commercial-free podcast is dedicated to igniting those thoughtful sparks into actionable flames, shaping the industry into a more prosperous place for all.
Scaling Aviation Safety — safety is a byproduct of a series of safe behaviors.