Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
3 Steps To Make Your Brain Fitter Today
I watched a short excerpt by Simon Sinek where, in recognising May as Mental Health Month, he advocated that the phrase “mental health” should be changed to “mental fitness”. Mental health is a term that has been used for a long time to describe the state of one’s mind, except that for most of us, it…
Read MoreHow Effective A Leader Are You?
Am I fit to fly? This is a question every pilot is taught to ask themselves every time they approach an aircraft with the intention of aviating. It’s a broad question that drills deep into the psyche and responsibility for self that a pilot feels and covers everything from their physical health to their mental…
Read MoreHow To Navigate the Disorienting Monotony of Uncertainty
There is a phenomenon responsible for many aircraft accidents over the decades known as Visual Illusion. It’s long been recognised that visual illusions can disorientate pilots or give rise to them not recognising their proximity to the ground, and it’s therefore a subject well covered in our training and guarded against by the consistent cross-checking of…
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