Thomas Paul's Substack

We’ve Always Done It That Way

Magnetic north, modern navigation, and the inertia of legacy systems

Feb 16 • Thomas Paul

You Can’t Pay for Engagement

Why choice, capability, and belonging matter more than incentives in volunteer-led organizations.

Feb 15 • Thomas Paul

What Happens to WHOOP When You Change Time Zones?

What My Sleep Data Did When I Moved from Atlantic to Mountain Time

Feb 15 • Thomas Paul

First 10 Days with WHOOP

Early impressions, early data, and what the numbers are starting to show

Feb 6 • Thomas Paul

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Flying with Whoop

Using data to understand health, fatigue, and recovery as an airline pilot

Feb 1 • Thomas Paul

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April 2025

My Accidental Introduction to Web3 (and Why It Might Matter More Than I Thought)

It all started with an Instagram ad.

Apr 26, 2025 • Thomas Paul

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July 2024

Opinion Piece Response: The Real Value of Skilled Maintenance Engineers in

After reading Ashley Nunes’ opinion piece, “WestJet mechanics make only $109,000 on average.

Jul 24, 2024 • Thomas Paul

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December 2023

Rethinking Team Dependency: A Blueprint for Volunteer Organizations

In many teams, a common yet often unintentional pattern emerges: a heavy dependence on individual members rather than on the collective team and its…

Dec 21, 2023 • Thomas Paul

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Can aviation achieve net zero by 2050?

The year 2050 is only 26 years away!

Dec 14, 2023 • Thomas Paul

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January 2020

How to survive hotel germs, bedbugs, noise, & light

Ah, hotel rooms—a home away from home where you can make a mess and someone else will clean up after you.

Jan 2, 2020 • Thomas Paul

December 2019

SPECIs explained

SPECI stands for special aerodrome meteorological report. These reports follow the same format as METARs but are issued when weather conditions…

Dec 30, 2019 • Thomas Paul

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IROP Season is Here

Navigating Winter IROPs in Canada

Dec 4, 2019 • Thomas Paul

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