The Future of Flight Safety: Automation, Training & Hard-Won Lessons with Bruce Landsberg
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Mike Busch interviews Bruce Landsberg about nearly 50 years of aviation safety experience and insights.
In this episode of Aviation Masters, Mike Busch sits down with Bruce Landsberg—former NTSB Vice Chairman, longtime president of the AOPA Air Safety Institute, and author of the new book Learning from Icarus —for an extraordinary conversation spanning nearly 50 years of aviation safety experience. From his early days as a Cessna demo pilot to pioneering simulator training at FlightSafety, leading accident investigations at the NTSB, and analyzing the future of automation in aviation, Bruce shares hard-won insights that every pilot, owner, and aviation professional needs to hear. This episode covers single-engine emergencies in twins, the value of realistic training, accident investigation philosophy, weather-related crashes, the promise and pitfalls of automation, and why learning from past mistakes is the key to staying alive in aviation. ⏱ Chapters 00:00 – Introduction: 40 Years of Friendship & Aviation Safety 03:00 – The Reality Check: Twin Engine Failures in the Simulator vs. Real Life 08:00 – Growing Up in Washington DC & Getting Into Aviation 12:00 – Vietnam, Air Force ROTC & Learning to Fly at College Park 18:00 – From Psychology Major to Professional Pilot…
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