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Aviation news, logbook tips, flight ops and safety articles for airline and commercial pilots. Career guides, EASA & FAA updates, and Wader product news.
Product NewsWader 5.0: The Pilot Logbook App That Briefs, Tracks and Flies With YouWader 5.0 is our biggest update yet: a new Briefing for your next flight, live aircraft tracking, multi-sector ADS-B logging, NOTAMs and D-ATIS, a searchable logbook, crew messaging and a completely new iPad app.
Product NewsThe Wader API Is Live: Connect AI Agents and Apps to Your LogbookAsk an AI agent about your totals and stats, let it add flights for you, or sync your roster app. Wader PRO pilots can now connect AI agents and other apps straight to their logbook. Flying for GOL, LATAM or Azul? CrewSync is ready today.
Pilot Career7 Logbook Red Flags to Fix Before Your Next Pilot InterviewA clean, consistent logbook can make a strong first impression before the interview even begins. Make sure your logbook creates confidence, not questions.
Product NewsADS-B: How Does Real-Time Flight Tracking Work?Introducing ADS-B Flight Data: Log Your Flights in Seconds. Wader has just launched a game-changing new feature for pilots: ADS-B Flight Import. With ADS-B Flight Import, Wader can find your flight using its flight number and date, retrieve the actual flight data and use it to automatically build your flight logging. Less typing. Less room for error. More accurate flight records.
Aviation & SafetyHow Low Is Too Low?Professionally flown low passes can inspire millions and keep people connected to aviation. But at low altitude, safety margins decrease. Is it worth the risk?
Product NewsCASA Logbook Export Is Now Live in WaderSeven days to produce it, seven years to keep it, and every printed page certified as a true copy. The CASA logbook export is now live on the Wader web app, laid out against CASR Part 61.
Aviation & SafetyETOPS vs EDTO: What Changed, and What It Means on the LineETOPS, EDTO, or both in the same manual. Where the two frameworks actually differ, which aeroplanes each one captures, and why ICAO still lets you use the older word.
Product NewsUK CAA Logbook Export Is Now Live in WaderUK licences get checked at licensing events, not every ninety days, and the logbook you hand over has to stand up on the day. The UK CAA logbook export is now live on the web app, holder page included.
Aviation & SafetyGo-Around: Why One of Aviation's Safest Decisions Is Still So DifficultEvery pilot knows when a go-around is required. So why is the decision sometimes harder to make than the procedure itself?
Aviation & SafetyDecoding the OFP and Loadsheet: A Pilot's Field GuideA working reference to every abbreviation on the OFP and loadsheet, from block fuel and contingency to MACTOW, underload and LMC.
Product NewsSACAA Logbook Export Is Now Live in Wader, Free for Every PilotUnder CAR 61.01.8 an electronic logbook has to be printed every 90 days and filed in a binder. That only works if the layout is right. The SACAA export is now live on the web app, and it is free on every account.
Product NewsWader Partners with PilotAudit: Your Paper Logbook, Professionally ConvertedTen years of handwriting, three physical books, and no free weekend in sight. We have partnered with PilotAudit to get your paper history properly digitised, audited and, if you need it, printed for interview day.