Air Safety Institute

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How do you handle minimum fuel versus a fuel emergency?

When should I ask ATC for flight following?

What can ATC do en route if there are thunderstorms?

As a student pilot, do I have to accept the assigned runway?

If I'm a student pilot, should I let ATC know this upon initial contact?

If I file a VFR flight plan, will controllers know my route?

Do multiple IFR practice approaches at towered airports burden ATC?

Should you turn your transponder to "standby" when changing codes?

How can I deviate for weather?

What's the best way to request and receive VFR on top?

Should I bother calling for flight following services if ATC is busy?

What can ATC tell me about the intensity of precipitation?

Can I assume the IFR flight plan I filed will be the one I am cleared for?

What's the most common mistake pilots make while taxiing?

Listen as air traffic controllers discuss what flight following can, and can't, do for you when transiting different airspace.