(4) EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE – acquire it


In simple terms, emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify and manage one’s emotions. Although a relatively new construct, EI has become a significant factor in today’s workforce. Many agree that it will impact how we work and will continue to be significant moving forward. While the numerous aspects of EI would be impossible to cover in this brief article, a few key competencies that define EI are: emotional self-awareness – your ability to know your own emotions and their effects on your performance


and those around you; emotional self-regulation - the ability to keep not only your disruptive emotions in check, but also your impulses in check in order to maintain your effectiveness under stressful conditions; and organizational awareness - your ability to read your team’s emotional status and identify influencers, networks, and the dynamics that matter in decision-making.


(5) MASTERY OF WEATHER – an absolute must


Plain and simple, the weather will make you or break you – literally in the sense of getting you hurt or worse, and figuratively in terms of fellow crew members losing confidence in your abilities. A lot of pilots are turned off by having to study the traditional weather theory that is commonplace in most of today’s aviation curriculums. As a result, a lot of pilots are weak on weather; we learned this a few years ago in a detailed Embry-Riddle study that revealed subpar knowledge at all pilot certificate levels.


Weather mastery isn’t about memorizing boring weather theory. Instead, it is truly understanding what weather products are


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available to you — and how to use them. Know the big picture, then focus on the micro details and ask yourself: What is driving the current weather situation? Knowing the temporal and spatial resolution of weather products is critical.


We frequently bet our lives on AWOS, ASOS, and radar systems. But few truly understand how they work, their limitations, and why they are frequently inaccurate. The same goes for TAFs and just how unintentionally deceptive they can be.


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