S3 E24 Mid-Air Collisions Part 1 History

About this episode

This episode begins a mini-series on mid-air collisions with insights from Al, a B777 Captain and former Air Traffic Controller.

Send a text Hello Fearless Flyers, We now start a mini-series of four episodes dealing with mid-air collisions. And to help us understand where, why and what can be done about it, we have Al joining us for the next four episodes. Not only is Al a current B777 Captain and CRM instructor, previous to being a pilot he was an Air Traffic Controller. Al also runs series 4, "There I was with AL" here on the The Fearless Flyer podcast. In this episode we look at some mid-air collisions that occurred...

People in this episode

Hosts: Grant, James

Guest: Al

Topics covered

• aviation safety
• mid-air collisions
• pilot training
• air traffic control
• aviation history

Keywords

• mid-air collisions
• aviation
• safety
• air traffic control
• pilot training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Fearless Flyer

Books & works: There I was with AL

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