What skills do you need to be a good pilot? Whenever pilots are being tested or assessed there are a set of competencies and skills that look for. Just being able to physically fly an aircraft or follow a flight director is a basic requirement, but that doesn’t make you a safe pilot or a prepare you for the unexpected. Situational Awareness, Decision Making and Workload Management are skills a pilot acquires over years of flying and thousands of hours. When preparing First Officers for their Com