By Joseph (Jeb) Burnside

How to handle in-flight emergencies is something we’re taught before we even solo. As a rule, when the aircraft’s complexity increases, so do the number of procedures we must perform in an emergency, along with their relative importance. While the increased automation of today’s bizjets and Transport-category aircraft have relieved their pilots of some tasks, those of us stuck bouncing around in older, non-automated aircraft still have to learn the correct sequence of tasks as well as the various techniques for verifying what we are about to do is correct and, afterward, ensuring what we did had the desired effect. …