Military Pilot to Commercial Pilot

At age 40+, you are almost two decades into your military aviation career. And if you have been in flying assignment for more than 15 yrs you would have accumulated great deal of experience in aviation. You may have wealth of leadership and managerial experience as well as undergone coveted military courses. If you’re still serving, the prospect of leaving services can be very daunting. It was a long-drawn battle between a mix of feelings from betrayal to service, nation, and myself. It took time to realize that having done…

What pilots should know about circuit breakers and the risk of resetting tripped CB?

I was recently asked to re-cycle PA system CB on ground by the engineering staff as the system was not working. Without giving it a second thought I did that and the system was working again. Subsequently this made me think. Is this normal? But then what about tripped CBs? What are circuit breakers? The single most “proliferated” item of the electrical system in a modern cockpit is the circuit breaker. These round black heads line the cockpit’s walls and ceiling. AC or DC, ganged, multi- or single-pole, they control,…