Former combat support personnel, Thomas “Toast” McQueen, shares his firsthand experience of losing a close friend in a crash during a training flight. The podcast covers topics such as combat support, recovery from adversity, the preference for glass cockpits in aviation, the importance of calling for help and using personal locator beacons, the challenges of cold weather survival gear, preserving cause factors in accidents, repatriating remains, the origin of the call sign DD Mal, and the significance of sleep and self-monitoring in the aviation industry.