Commercial aviation's high safety record stems from standardized decision-making and the widespread use of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), a practice largely absent in general aviation, ...
Pilots flying the Endeavor Air Bombardier/MHIRJ CRJ-900 that crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport Feb. 17 did not maintain a stabilized approach and descended too quickly just before ...
Commercial flying didn't become safer because airplanes got better. Commercial flying is safer because decision-making has been standardized. However, the accident rate in general aviation remains ...