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You might already hold a night VFR rating, be working towards an instrument rating, or be planning to start one soon. And at some point in your training, someone will tell you that once you’re qualified, you’re “allowed” to fly at night.

But today I want to challenge that idea.

Because being allowed to fly at night, and being genuinely ready to fly at night — especially on instruments — are not the same thing.

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Every flight instructor has faced the same moment.

You see a student starting to unravel. Directional control is slipping, workload is climbing, and things are heading in the wrong direction. Instinct kicks in — you reach for the controls to “help”.

That moment — the decision to assist rather than decisively take over — sits at the centre of a recent Australian court case that ended in a training aircraft crash, the loss of a student’s flying career, and almost $800,000 in damages awarded against a flight training organisation.

This case should make every instructor and operator pause and reflect.

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I’ve been asking pilots a simple question: how well did your training actually prepare you for real-world flying?

The answers have been confronting. Not because they’re emotional — but because they’re consistent.

This episode isn’t about naming names. It’s about listening to what students are telling us, identifying the patterns, and asking whether we’re truly training pilots… or just getting them through tests.

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Today we’re going to break down what CFIT and LOC-I actually mean, why they’re still such a stubborn problem, what the leading causes look like across airlines, helicopters, and general aviation, and how we train to mitigate them — including the tricky bit: risk versus reward in training, and where simulators genuinely move the needle.

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Back in 2023 I spoke with our guests UPRT Australia's Shane Tobin and Jeremy Miller about UPRT training as a whole. Today we are going to talk specifically about stalling and stalling accidents, and the differences from the Day VFR Syllabus and the current Part 61 MOS and instructors understanding.

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I recap my Broome trip, Answer your questions plus an Exercise Pitch Black update for 2026 and your chance to win 1 of 10 free digital logbooks!

GELP vs AELP

Which Pathway is best for you?

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In this episode we’re talking about something a little closer to home: Tropical Cyclone Fina, which has just passed through Darwin Nov 22nd.

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Who can certify a logbook?

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Best tips for CPL hour building

And a few questions about me!

 

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The CAR 5 licensing system served Australian pilots for decades. But it’s now officially closed. As of 1 September 2025 CASA set this as the end of the simple conversion process. So if you haven’t converted, what now?? Plus I’ll run you through the process digital licences and medicals I’ll run you through the process.

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