Resistance Training Benefits for Pilots

Prepared by our very own Pilot Mentor and Personal Trainer James, to help make pilots aware of the benefits of resistance training

Mood Food for Pilots

Prepared by our very own Pilot Mentor and Personal Trainer James, to regulate energy and  blood sugar when operating. Especially valuable for those pilots operating though multiple timezones and affected circadian rhythems.

How to Improve Sleep

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society

IFALPA/ICAO - Fitness to Fly

Fitness to FlyA Medical Guide for Pilots is a preventive-medicine handbook that is easy-to-read, motivating and educational, with engaging content, graphics and charts to empower you to limit your health risks and set your own goals and strategies to maintain fitness to fly and a balanced lifestyle

Class 1 Medical Requirements

View the current EASA class 1 medical requirements to better understand what is required for fitness to fly.

Mentor Allyson - Rooted in Calm

Read Allyson’s intro into cultivating calm within your life and working on your own mental fitness through various strategies and techniques. Allyson is not only one of our specialist mentors but also runs her own business and is a collaborator with Resilient Pilot.

Sleep is your Super Power

Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get sleep -- and the alarmingly bad things that happen when you don't, for both your brain and body.

How to Motivate to Change

What does make us change our actions? Tali Sharot reveals three ingredients to doing what's good for yourself. Dr. Tali Sharot is a neuroscientist at University College London and the director of the Affective Brain Lab. Her research focuses on how emotion, motivation, and social factors influence our expectations, decisions, and memories.

We Are Hummingbird - Our Mental Health Collaborators

For all thing’s mental health, we recommend our collaborators We Are Hummingbird. They specialise in helping maintain a healthy mind all the way through to mental health crisis.

Mentor Allyson - Rooted in Calm

See Allyson’s useful tips for getting sober and rewiring your brains reward centre to appreciate healthier possibilities.

Breathing Techniques

Read our tried and tested breathing techniques to help relax your body and calm your mind Use these techniques as you first wake up to start your day right, or during a time of particularly high stress to help calm and clarify your thoughts.

Simon Walter - Personal Training/Nutrition

Contact Simon Walter, one of the Resilient Pilot collaborators for personal training and nutrition plans. With his wealth of experience within the industry, a BSc in Sports Science, a MSc in Human performance science and nutrition and a Precision nutrition certified coach, he is best placed to prepare any pilot for resilience and wellness throughout their career.

Wellbeing mentor and Reflective Practice

Resilient pilot Mentor Liam also has his own business as a wellbeing mentor and Peer support facilitator for those both within and outside of the aviation industry assisting both pilots and their

Wellbeing mentor and Reflective Practice

Excellent Toolkit by the MOD 

Mental fitness is all about the good management of good mental health.

HeadFIT for Life helps defence people stay mentally fit and on top of their game…

At work and at home.

Resilient Pilot Mentoring

Search our list of Pilot and Specialist Mentors that can provide with you with extensive support and a wealth of experience within the aviation industry.

Resilient Pilot - Crew Room Chats

Join one of our monthly Crew Room Chats where we discuss aviation related topics in an open forum where everyone is welcome to join in with their own experiences. Book your place on our homepage

Facing Industry Challenges

Mentor Tom Tom discusses in this article how his life has changed over the last three years from a successful airline career to two airline redundancies in 1 year. It’s how we embrace change that makes us successful

Mentor Book Review - The Power of Ritual

This Recommendation comes from our Resilient Pilot Mentor Holly. The book teaches us about wellbeing based upon the rituals and habits we have formed and may be able to form to help ground us within our communities. Available online or in most book stores

RAeS- Pilot Return to Work Workshop

Four experienced Captains formed a panel offering expertise and advice about facing ‘return to work’ training and refresh the competencies commercial pilots need to operate safely.