FAA Safety Briefing Magazine

The FAA Safety Policy Voice of Non-commercial General Aviation

 

Cover of the July/August 2025 Safety Briefing magazine

Taking Action for Safer Skies

The July/August 2025 issue of FAA Safety Briefing magazine focuses on many of the important safety issues highlighted during the FAA's recent "call to action" meeting for general and business aviation. Feature articles emphasize some key reminders to help improve NAS safety, like how to combat complacency, mitigate risk, improve communications, and avoid safety drift.

Download the July/August 2025 issue or use the links below to read each article online. 

Feature Articles

 

TFR

Avoiding Tangles with TFRs

The TFR Essentials and How to Evade Them

Safety Drift

Subverting Safety Drift

Proper Checklist Usage Combats Complacency 

Cockpit Convos

Cockpit Convos

How to Stay on Course and Avoid Communication Complications

sandwich

Pack a Safety Sandwich Before Every Flight

Essential Ingredients for Risk Management

Roam Alone

You Never Roam Alone

Putting Single Pilot Resource Management to Work

Departments

Jumpseat

Elevating General Aviation Safety

Jumpseat: An Executive Policy Perspective

Aeromedical

MedXpress Enhancements

Aeromedical Advisory: A Checkup on All Things Aeromedical

Checklist

The Scale Problem: How SMS Can Work for GA

Checklist: FAA Resources and Safety Reminders

Drone Debrief

Do You Have a Preflight Checklist for Your Drone?

Drone Debrief: Drone Safety Roundup

Nuts bolts electrons

Combating Maintenance Norms

Nuts, Bolts, and Electrons: GA Maintenance Issues

Vertically speaking

Vertical Safety Drift 

Vertically Speaking: Safety Issues for Rotorcraft Pilots

On final

Situational Savvy

On Final: An Editor’s Perspective

Rune Duke

Rune Duke, FAA's Flight Procedures and Airspace Group

Faces: FAA Employee Profile

Last updated: Thursday, July 3, 2025