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✦ The Knowledge Behind High Performance Pilot

Articles on every competency.
Every behaviour.
Written for the line.

HPP Insights takes the ICAO Core Competency Framework and translates it into practical guidance for the line — articles on every competency, every observable behaviour, written from real two-crew commercial experience. Behind the articles sits 850+ knowledge insights — the structured How-To library available to HPP members.


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◈ The Context
Structured Training Ends in the Simulator

Structured training and development ends in the simulator. But the behaviours that define high performance on the flight deck are built across thousands of ordinary sectors. HPP is the tool designed to change that. Understand the thinking — then apply it on the line.

◈ Interview Preparation
Pilot Interview Preparation: Answering With the Competencies

Many airlines now run competency-based interviews. What the panel is really listening for, the questions behind each competency, how to structure an answer — and the free Pilot Interview Preparation podcast.

◈ Evidence-Based Training
Evidence-Based Training and the Gap Between Checks

EBT assesses pilots against the core competencies in the simulator. What a check can see, what it can’t, and how to develop the same behaviours on the line between sessions.

◈ Core Competencies
Why We Do the Things We Do

Every flight is a rehearsal for the non-normal. Why SOPs, mode calls, checklists and briefings matter most on the day the operation stops being routine — and how standards spread, high or low.

◈ Podcast
The High Performance Pilot Podcast

One observable behaviour per episode, from a Line Training Captain. Every episode organised by competency, each linked to the article that takes it further.

The nine competencies
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Leadership &
Teamwork
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Communication
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Professionalism
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Workload
Management
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Situational
Awareness
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Application of
Knowledge
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FPM
Automatic
Explore 11 articles →
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FPM
Manual
Explore 11 articles →
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Problem Solving
& Decision Making
Explore 10 articles →

The Framework
See How It Works — Every Behaviour. Every Competency.
All 9 competencies and 77 observable behaviours — mapped, explained, and linked to in-depth articles.
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■ Latest — Behaviour Deep Dives
Problem Solving & Decision Making
Monitors, Reviews and Adapts Decisions

A decision isn't finished when it's made. Telling a decision that needs time from one that needs changing, and adapting without ego.

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Application of Knowledge
Memory Is Not the Source

Knowing which document governs the task, that it is approved and current, and that it fits the situation in front of you.

◈ Live 8 min read →