The Reider Report Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/reider-report The Reider Report brings you real stories told by real pilots. Join host Rob Reider and guests every two weeks as they explore hard-won cockpit experiences and the vital lessons we learn when things don’t go as planned. Authentic, collaborative, and educational—this is aviation storytelling for all pilots. AvBrief Media Ltd. f345fde9-e950-53c9-a672-8ae73f95c24c yes 3a3d7e30-eb8d-11f0-8474-438bc7301ced en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:01:51 -0700 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:02:08 -0700 https://avbrief.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/ShUm6dG9XOlm77fh1ZCLU-JZ3BgNXHDpzRQRB-cZxnk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hYTNi/OTYyZWNhZjExMzQx/YTYzNGZhNzY1NjY2/MTZlMC5qcGc.jpg The Reider Report https://avbrief.com episodic AvBrief.com The Reider Report brings you real stories told by real pilots. Join host Rob Reider and guests every two weeks as they explore hard-won cockpit experiences and the vital lessons we learn when things don’t go as planned. Authentic, collaborative, and educational—this is aviation storytelling for all pilots. The Reider Report brings you real stories told by real pilots. aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency AvBrief.com and Rob Reider admin@avbrief.com No No ATC—Sequencing is the Scenario 8 8 ATC—Sequencing is the Scenario full e6a506de-7063-47c2-b5f8-528bd61ede1b https://share.transistor.fm/s/dff91e51 Air Traffic Control in the USA is an extremely challenging job for the men and women who help manage nearly 50,000 flights daily in the U.S. alone. In the busiest airports, coordinating departures begins before any airliner pushes back from the gate. Joining host Rob Reider is retired JFK controller Dave Schoen, and he gives us a glimpse into the workings of ATC and how we as pilots can do our parts to keep it moving smoothly.

]]> Air Traffic Control in the USA is an extremely challenging job for the men and women who help manage nearly 50,000 flights daily in the U.S. alone. In the busiest airports, coordinating departures begins before any airliner pushes back from the gate. Joining host Rob Reider is retired JFK controller Dave Schoen, and he gives us a glimpse into the workings of ATC and how we as pilots can do our parts to keep it moving smoothly.

]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:01:00 -0700 AvBrief.com AvBrief.com 2253 Air Traffic Control in the USA is an extremely challenging job for the men and women who help manage nearly 50,000 flights daily in the U.S. alone. In the busiest airports, coordinating departures begins before any airliner pushes back from the gate. Joining host Rob Reider is retired JFK controller Dave Schoen, and he gives us a glimpse into the workings of ATC and how we as pilots can do our parts to keep it moving smoothly.

]]> aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency No Attitude Check with Julie Boatman 7 7 Attitude Check with Julie Boatman full 0dea54bb-b6f4-4ac8-95a6-7b2155da9192 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7abcc708 If you own an airplane, you’ve doubtless become very comfortable with the panel, whether it be steam gauges or glass. But if you fly an airplane with which you are less familiar, you’ve got a bit of catch-up to do to feel proficient in your scan. In today’s episode, Rob interviews a pilot who had some challenges in a Chinese airplane with a strange attitude indicator.


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]]> If you own an airplane, you’ve doubtless become very comfortable with the panel, whether it be steam gauges or glass. But if you fly an airplane with which you are less familiar, you’ve got a bit of catch-up to do to feel proficient in your scan. In today’s episode, Rob interviews a pilot who had some challenges in a Chinese airplane with a strange attitude indicator.


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]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:59:48 -0700 AvBrief.com AvBrief.com 2067 If you own an airplane, you’ve doubtless become very comfortable with the panel, whether it be steam gauges or glass. But if you fly an airplane with which you are less familiar, you’ve got a bit of catch-up to do to feel proficient in your scan. In today’s episode, Rob interviews a pilot who had some challenges in a Chinese airplane with a strange attitude indicator.


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]]> aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency No The Case of the Confounding Crosswind Component 6 6 The Case of the Confounding Crosswind Component full 21d2a79f-c7de-42e5-9adb-0771f4f239e7 https://avbrief.com/the-case-of-the-confounding-crosswind-component/ How many times have we jumped in an airplane for a short flight without doing complete flight planning? Most of the time there are no consequences. But what would you do if you thought you’d done due diligence in your planning and something changed en route? Divert? Go back to where you started? Or was there another option? Host Rob Reider discusses this cautionary tale with pilot Randy Bolinger.


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]]> How many times have we jumped in an airplane for a short flight without doing complete flight planning? Most of the time there are no consequences. But what would you do if you thought you’d done due diligence in your planning and something changed en route? Divert? Go back to where you started? Or was there another option? Host Rob Reider discusses this cautionary tale with pilot Randy Bolinger.


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]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:01:00 -0700 AvBrief.com AvBrief.com 1970 How many times have we jumped in an airplane for a short flight without doing complete flight planning? Most of the time there are no consequences. But what would you do if you thought you’d done due diligence in your planning and something changed en route? Divert? Go back to where you started? Or was there another option? Host Rob Reider discusses this cautionary tale with pilot Randy Bolinger.


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]]> aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency No To Sump or Not to Sump With Randy Groom 5 5 To Sump or Not to Sump With Randy Groom full a467dd14-b462-46dd-ba19-28eb7e3a2d00 https://share.transistor.fm/s/36dc3a3b Today’s episode contains two stories, one with a Cessna 150 that involved a problem that led to an off-airport landing and another in a Beech Bonanza that had a sudden loss of oil pressure and an engine that blew apart. Join host Rob Reider as he interviews the pilot who experienced both of these incidents.

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]]> Today’s episode contains two stories, one with a Cessna 150 that involved a problem that led to an off-airport landing and another in a Beech Bonanza that had a sudden loss of oil pressure and an engine that blew apart. Join host Rob Reider as he interviews the pilot who experienced both of these incidents.

Sponsored by Avemco Insurance.

]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:30:00 -0800 AvBrief.com AvBrief.com 2364 Today’s episode contains two stories, one with a Cessna 150 that involved a problem that led to an off-airport landing and another in a Beech Bonanza that had a sudden loss of oil pressure and an engine that blew apart. Join host Rob Reider as he interviews the pilot who experienced both of these incidents.

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]]> aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency No Expectation Bias—A Lesson from an Air Force Fighter Pilot 4 4 Expectation Bias—A Lesson from an Air Force Fighter Pilot full b27689a9-2f87-4958-960c-9cb522404cab https://share.transistor.fm/s/b50b8d4e Knowing the maintenance history of an aircraft plays a significant role in this episode. Host Rob Reider speaks with former Air Force pilot Alan Gurevich who shares what happened when the F-4 he was piloting landed and he encountered what he thought was a brake failure. 

He’ll also share how an emergency procedure helped him in a situation in his motor glider.

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]]> Knowing the maintenance history of an aircraft plays a significant role in this episode. Host Rob Reider speaks with former Air Force pilot Alan Gurevich who shares what happened when the F-4 he was piloting landed and he encountered what he thought was a brake failure. 

He’ll also share how an emergency procedure helped him in a situation in his motor glider.

Sponsored by Avemco

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:00:00 -0800 AvBrief.com AvBrief.com 1833 Knowing the maintenance history of an aircraft plays a significant role in this episode. Host Rob Reider speaks with former Air Force pilot Alan Gurevich who shares what happened when the F-4 he was piloting landed and he encountered what he thought was a brake failure. 

He’ll also share how an emergency procedure helped him in a situation in his motor glider.

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]]> aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency No Getting “Behind the Airplane” With Tim Delaney 3 3 Getting “Behind the Airplane” With Tim Delaney full 9058e54b-b3dc-4b80-9aa5-bcb296c147a4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9a33706d Getting “behind the airplane” is something no one wants to do. But when flight conditions change unexpectedly a pilot’s workload increases, sometimes to the point of being in danger. Today’s guest got into a such a situation when, in IMC, he was given vectors for an approach he didn’t have time to prepare for. FAA Master Pilot Award recipient Tim Delaney describes how he got behind the airplane on an instrument flight to Santa Rosa, California.


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]]> Getting “behind the airplane” is something no one wants to do. But when flight conditions change unexpectedly a pilot’s workload increases, sometimes to the point of being in danger. Today’s guest got into a such a situation when, in IMC, he was given vectors for an approach he didn’t have time to prepare for. FAA Master Pilot Award recipient Tim Delaney describes how he got behind the airplane on an instrument flight to Santa Rosa, California.


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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:00:00 -0800 AvBrief.com AvBrief.com 1539 Getting “behind the airplane” is something no one wants to do. But when flight conditions change unexpectedly a pilot’s workload increases, sometimes to the point of being in danger. Today’s guest got into a such a situation when, in IMC, he was given vectors for an approach he didn’t have time to prepare for. FAA Master Pilot Award recipient Tim Delaney describes how he got behind the airplane on an instrument flight to Santa Rosa, California.


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]]> aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency No Coordinated Flight Leads to Trouble With Nate Van Coops 2 2 Coordinated Flight Leads to Trouble With Nate Van Coops full 97c10599-6152-41aa-ad78-e6e1deaddc0c https://share.transistor.fm/s/bf0c344b Learning aerobatics imposes forces on the human body that are not familiar. And it requires some changes in how the airplane is handled. For instance, unless we’re intentionally slipping the airplane, we’re taught to “stay coordinated” and “keep the ball centered.” For one pilot, his method of keeping the ball centered during an aerobatic maneuver left him in a very unusual attitude — in a Stearman! How he recovered and what he learned is the story in today’s episode.

]]> Learning aerobatics imposes forces on the human body that are not familiar. And it requires some changes in how the airplane is handled. For instance, unless we’re intentionally slipping the airplane, we’re taught to “stay coordinated” and “keep the ball centered.” For one pilot, his method of keeping the ball centered during an aerobatic maneuver left him in a very unusual attitude — in a Stearman! How he recovered and what he learned is the story in today’s episode.

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:01:00 -0800 AvBrief.com AvBrief.com 2366 Learning aerobatics imposes forces on the human body that are not familiar. And it requires some changes in how the airplane is handled. For instance, unless we’re intentionally slipping the airplane, we’re taught to “stay coordinated” and “keep the ball centered.” For one pilot, his method of keeping the ball centered during an aerobatic maneuver left him in a very unusual attitude — in a Stearman! How he recovered and what he learned is the story in today’s episode.

]]> aviation, pilot, flying, flight, proficiency No Flight Into Unknown Ice With Gene Benson 1 1 Flight Into Unknown Ice With Gene Benson full ab3a7848-19a1-44e5-8cd4-7984bd2bf0bb https://share.transistor.fm/s/176572d4 Today we learn some important lessons that affect every pilot on every mission flown, no matter how experienced that pilot is. Do we “push the envelope” on a flight because of familiarity, because we got through marginal weather before, or do we assess each flight thoroughly? A relatively short flight became dangerous because the pilot had “been there, done that.” But it got him in an icy situation. Gene Benson from Vectors for Safety shares his story.

]]> Today we learn some important lessons that affect every pilot on every mission flown, no matter how experienced that pilot is. Do we “push the envelope” on a flight because of familiarity, because we got through marginal weather before, or do we assess each flight thoroughly? A relatively short flight became dangerous because the pilot had “been there, done that.” But it got him in an icy situation. Gene Benson from Vectors for Safety shares his story.

]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:58:33 -0800 AvBrief.com AvBrief.com 2029 Today we learn some important lessons that affect every pilot on every mission flown, no matter how experienced that pilot is. Do we “push the envelope” on a flight because of familiarity, because we got through marginal weather before, or do we assess each flight thoroughly? A relatively short flight became dangerous because the pilot had “been there, done that.” But it got him in an icy situation. Gene Benson from Vectors for Safety shares his story.

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