Podcast Episodes

SPC097 [BR] Never Skip the Debrief — Five Questions After Every Flight

Episode 97

Your logbook knows you flew. It has no idea what you learned. In this Briefing Room episode: five questions to ask after every flight (Surprise, Work…

9 hours ago

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SPC096 [HS] Logging Is Not Learning — Inside FlyORKA's Feedback Loop

Episode 96

At AirVenture 2026 I sat down with Adriana, founder of FlyORKA, expecting an app demo. I walked away with a line I haven't been able to shake: loggin…

1 week, 3 days ago

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SPC095 [HS] Pull Early, Pull Often — Inside Cirrus Training

Episode 95

At AirVenture this year I sat down in the Cirrus compound with Eamon Powers, the Director of Cirrus Approach — the man who owns every piece of traini…

1 month, 1 week ago

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SPC094 [HS] Engine Out - Who Showed Up

Episode 94

In episode 94 of the Student Pilot Cast, Bill recounts an unplanned start to AirVenture 2026 after the engine in his Jabiru quit over far southeaster…

2 months, 1 week ago

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SPC093 [HS] Day Four of Days Not Mattering

Episode 93

It's Thursday night at Camp Scholler, day four of days not mattering, and Kent and I sat down with one goal: be smart-asses about a few things we'd s…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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SPC092 [HS] Storms, Smoke, and Bladders...Let's Go!

Episode 92

In Episode 92, we join Bill and Trey talking briefly about their upcoming trip to OSH in a light sport aircraft, Lil' Rue. B

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

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SPC091 [BR] ADM in Three Simple Questions - Or How NOT to Become a Case Study

Episode 91

In Episode 91, Bill teaches a simple aeronautical decision-making framework for go/no-go and continue/divert decisions built around three simple ques…

3 months ago

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SPC090 [BTC] A Tragic Past - Changing The Pilots (ATP-CTP)

Episode 90

In Episode 90, Beyond the Checkride, Bill and Kent reflect on the 2009 Colgan Air 3407 crash near Buffalo and how it drove regulatory changes includi…

3 months, 1 week ago

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SPC089 [CS] Hi - Nice to Meet Rue

Episode 89

In Episode 89, we join Bill as he introduces everyone to his airplane, a 2008 Jabiru J230. Come along on a flight with him and he'll tell you all abo…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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SPC088 [HS] Powered by Human Intelligence, a Discussion with Jason Miller

Episode 88

In Episode 88, Bill welcomes Jason Miller, two-time FAA Western Pacific CFI of the Year and founder of The Finer Points, to discuss how his platform …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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