Surveying The Pilot Population

ANN's Paul Plack talks with CFI Bob Miller of Over The Airwaves, who found in a survey of his readers that 20% were never asked by their primary instructors to take a stall all the way to the break, and 47% were not asked to demonstrate it in their checkrides, depite the requirement in the Private Pilot Practical Test Standards.

Could this deficiency be part of what brought down Continental Connections Flight 3407?

This feature is in addition to our daily news briefing -- available in either a quick "Touch And Go" format, or an expanded Aero-Briefing -- where you'll hear these stories:

Snowpocalypse brings the airlines to a standstill on the east coast.

Five private jets are damaged when snow crushes a hangar.

And a Cirrus pilot may have collided with a glider's towline.

...And more

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 02.08.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program)

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 02.08.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)

ANN Special Feature: CFI Bob Miller: FAA's "Call to Action" - 02.08.10 (ANN Special Report, with CFI Bob Miller)

Check them out, let us know what you think and be sure to keep those news-tips and program suggestions coming... ANN is ALL about what YOU want to know about in the world of aviation and aerospace.

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