Your hotrod airplane has the latest GPS navigator, but that opens the door to procedures you've never seen before. How will you handle an approach in IMC when it contains something you've never practiced? Think fast; at your current groundspeed, the decision will be made for you in 20 seconds.
Jeff Van West
Jeff Van West is PilotWorkshops' Creative Director with the primary responsibility for managing the development and creation of the company’s pilot proficiency training programs, including our flagship IFR and VFR Mastery programs.
For 19 years, Jeff ran many noteworthy aviation media projects with his own firm, Van West Communications, including magazines, books, videos and live seminars. Jeff previously served as editor-in-chief of IFR Magazine and co-editor of Aviation Consumer, and his work appears in AOPA Pilot, Flight Training Magazine, Plane and Pilot, and AVweb. He’s an experienced CFII/MEI with ratings for single- and multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, and gliders. Jeff was the creator of the first pilot transition program for new Cirrus aircraft.
