Wing Walks

In this episode, we talk about some of the challenges faced by low time pilots. Especially with employers bullying pilots to push legal and physical limitations. As a pilot that is starting off, it may be difficult to say no. With Sebastian Ballesteros, our very first guest on the show, we discuss why it is important to say no. Covering challenges Sebastian has faced throughout his career. We also discuss different pilot mindsets and why the captain rules the cockpit mentality is just too dangerous and potentially catastrophic if not corrected. We discuss the Tenerife Airport Disaster, which took place on The 27th of March, 1977, where two Boeing 747 passenger jets, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Resulting in 583 fatalities making it one of the most tragic, devastating, and fatal accidents in aviation history. To this day, discussions about this accident run chills down every pilots spine. The captains mindset was the primary cause of this accident in addition to other factors, it was a series of events. Centred around the Captains mind.