On an early morning flight, a Cirrus SR22 departed the airport into total darkness. The pilot failed to establish and maintain a positive climb rate, resulting in a shallow descent into terrain — claiming two lives, including the pilot’s young daughter.

This episode transforms that tragedy into practical, flight-saving education. There’s something in this for all pilots — from students to seasoned veterans.

Key Learning Objectives

• Positive Climb Rate Mastery - How to guarantee and maintain a solid climb after takeoff, especially when visual references are limited
• Night Departures - Understanding the unique challenges and dangers of nighttime takeoffs
• Instrument Scan Discipline - Building a reliable cross-check to prevent spatial disorientation
• Go/No-Go Decision Making - Recognizing when conditions should keep you on the ground
• Human Factors and Traps - Expectation bias, subtle altitude loss, and loss of situational awareness, pressures of completing a mission (real or perceived)
• This episode promises to be an engaging look into avoiding the traps of routine flight planning. No flight is routine, each differs in its’ demand for planning and safe execution.

This podcast is the audio part of the original live video broadcast available at https://www.theschiffshow.tv/18 If you wish, please visit that website to view the archived version of the live event - including audience comments and polling.

This podcast qualifies for FAA WINGS credit. After listening, go HERE to test your knowledge and earn immediate FAA WINGS credit upon successful completion of the quiz. You must be registered on the FAA Safety Team website to access this quiz and credits. If you have not yet registered, you may do so HERE.

The contents of this program can be used to complete a flight review. A WINGS based flight review helps assure both student and instructor that a complete and well documented flight review in category and class of aircraft has been accomplished.

CLICK HERE to access a copy of the Theme Based TSS #18 Flight Review and Phase of WINGS Guide.

THE SCHIFF SHOW is proudly sponsored by AVEMCO. Learn more about Avemco Insurance Company HERE or give them a call 800-276-5199. Tell them THE SCHIFF SHOW sent you and earn a 5% discount on your aircraft insurance.

Hosted by renowned pilot and aviation expert CAPTAIN BRIAN SCHIFF

This episode takes you inside a landing sequence where one bad decision, made a little too late, turns a routine arrival into a fatal accident.

In this edition of The Schiff Show exposes the warning signs pilots miss when pressure, momentum, and bad timing push them past the point of recovery. You’ll see how unstable approaches, delayed go-arounds, and flawed judgment can trap even experienced crews — and why the safest landing decision is often the one made before things get out of control.

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This podcast is the audio part of the original live video broadcast available at https://www.theschiffshow.tv/17 If you wish, please visit that website to view the archived version of the live event - including audience comments and polling.

This podcast qualifies for FAA WINGS credit. After listening, go HERE to test your knowledge and earn immediate FAA WINGS credit upon successful completion of the quiz. You must be registered on the FAA Safety Team website to access this quiz and credits. If you have not yet registered, you may do so HERE.

The contents of this program can be used to complete a flight review. A WINGS based flight review helps assure both student and instructor that a complete and well documented flight review in category and class of aircraft has been accomplished.

CLICK HERE to access a copy of the Theme Based TSS #17 Flight Review and Phase of WINGS Guide.

THE SCHIFF SHOW is proudly sponsored by AVEMCO. Learn more about Avemco Insurance Company HERE or give them a call 800-276-5199. Tell them THE SCHIFF SHOW sent you and earn a 5% discount on your aircraft insurance.

Hosted by renowned pilot and aviation expert CAPTAIN BRIAN SCHIFF

Step into the cockpit for a fast-paced, eye-opening hour that could potentially change the way you fly into non-towered airports forever.

In this edition of THE SCHIFF SHOW, we’ll analyze the notorious Quincy intersecting runway collision—not to dwell on tragedy, but to identify clear, practical habits you can apply on your very next flight. Through compelling storytelling, simple visuals, and interactive scenarios, you’ll see exactly how experienced, professional crews operating in VMC at a quiet Midwestern airport ended up in the worst-case scenario—and how you can avoid creating a similar situation.

We will structure the session around three key pillars:

• PROCEDURES - Clear CTAF calls, intersection runway SOPs, and go-around / rejected takeoff decision points that turn “I thought…” into “We’re protected.”
• TECHNIQUES - Heads-out scan strategies, pattern and conflict geometry, and communication habits that reveal hidden risks before they cause problems.
• TECHNOLOGY - Smart use (and honest acknowledgment of limitations) of dual radios, traffic displays, EFBs, and airport diagrams to enhance, not diminish, your situational awareness.

You’ll work through “freeze-frame” scenarios from the Quincy event, vote in live polls, and help create a short “Quincy Prevention Checklist” right during the session. Every attendee will leave with ready-to-use handouts: a CTAF phraseology card, a one-minute passenger briefing script, and a concise checklist you can brief and debrief on your very next non-towered operation.

If you fly into non-towered airports—whether you’re a weekend VFR pilot or a professional in turbine equipment—this webinar will give you clear, practical tools to keep intersecting runway operations routine, predictable, and safe.

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This podcast is the audio part of the original live video broadcast available at https://www.theschiffshow.tv/16 If you wish, please visit that website to view the archived version of the live event - including audience comments and polling.

This podcast qualifies for FAA WINGS credit. After listening, go HERE to test your knowledge and earn immediate FAA WINGS credit upon successful completion of the quiz. You must be registered on the FAA Safety Team website to access this quiz and credits. If you have not yet registered, you may do so HERE.

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The Schiff Show is a monthly aviation education variety show hosted by Brian Schiff and sponsored by AVEMCO. It is offered for FAA WINGS credit. Brian will discuss a specific theme across five program segments on the second Thursday of each month. The themes will be chosen from a hit list of common accident causes. Each episode will be one hour long and focus on a particular causal accident factor, and will include the following segments:

• Accident Review
• Procedures
• Techniques
• Technology Tips and Tricks
• Game Time - WIN PRIZES!

Registration is not required. Go to TheSchiffShow.tv at 7:00 PM Central Time on the second Thursday of the month and join the show. All episodes are archived on TheSchiffShow.tv and available to watch (for WINGS credit) anytime after the original air time. (NOTE: you must be watching live to participate in the game show portion.)

The Schiff Show promises to be an hour well spent, which will fly by while you have fun and learn to be a safer pilot.

THE SCHIFF SHOW is proudly sponsored by AVEMCO. Learn more about Avemco Insurance Company HERE or give them a call 800-276-5199. Tell them THE SCHIFF SHOW sent you and earn a 5% discount on your aircraft insurance.