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Mentor Matters: Single-pilot Flying Techniques

ust because you’re alone, doesn’t mean there can’t be backup

By Neil Singer

While many pilots express the safety of redundant engines and systems as a main reason they aspire to or currently enjoy flying a light twinjet, in fact fewer than 15 percent of accidents occur because of mechanical causes. The pilot is often the only thing in the aircraft without a backup.

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Illustration by Daniel Hertzberg

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