Déjà View at the Vineyard — VFR Mastery Scenario

Déjà View at the Vineyard

#85 | AUGUST 2025

You’re about to fly a route that’s infamous for one of GA’s best-known accidents. But this is different: You have more training, better equipment, and the benefit of knowing what could happen if things go wrong. Of course, that means things do go wrong, revealing an enormous hole in your safety net.

Kevin Plante

Kevin Plante has been an Air Traffic Control Specialist for 16 years and has been fully certified in several different towers and TRACONs. His ATC experience has been in both USAF and FAA facilities. Kevin currently works at a busy TRACON controlling a wide variety of aircraft into airports of every airspace classification. Additionally, Kevin has worked with the design and modification of PBN procedures, implementation of new equipment/software into ATC facilities, and On-the-Job-Training of new controllers. Kevin has been flying since 1997. He flies for personal travel as well as working as a contract pilot for corporate and charter operators.