Tag: airlines

Should Group Exercises be Part of Pilot Recruitment Process?

Anil Goyal

I qualify pilots as respectable professionals as good as doctor, engineers or lawyer. They are life long learners who endure long years of training and experience to qualify and excel in their professions. While a CV and an interview were enough in earlier times, most airlines discovered that this wasn’t the most effective way of selecting the right candidate because there were many instances in which they missed the negative traits and also forgot to credit positive skills at times. Hence apart from checking skill and knowledge, Aptitude, psychometric, an English Proficiency test is also carried out for non native speakers. But what is lacking in the selection process is group test to evaluate team work, leadership and other human factors while under stress .

Pre-Monsoon season and Aviation Hazards- Indian Subcontinent

Anil Goyal

This article explains various weather hazards which include thunderstorms, dust haze, and line squall that affect flight operation during the pre-monsoon period. The article is not only useful in understanding weather but also can enhance interpretation and appreciation of changes that take place during the day or season or with the physical location which is very common in aviation.

Career as a Flight Steward/Cabin Crew

Anil Goyal

A job that takes you across the globe while supporting, caring for, and ensuring the safety of passengers on board aircraft. Does that inspire you? As a Flight steward or Cabin Crew, traveling becomes more than your part of the job, it becomes your lifestyle. The most surprising thing is that you don’t need higher education in this field to become one. You just need to complete your secondary education with any stream. The most important criterion in this industry is your personal appearance.

CAT: Clear Air Turbulence

Anil Goyal

Clear-air turbulence (CAT) is the turbulent movement of air masses in the absence of any visual clues, such as clouds, and is caused when bodies of air moving at widely different speeds meet.[1]

The atmospheric region most susceptible to CAT is the high troposphere at altitudes of around 7,000–12,000 metres (23,000–39,000 ft) as it meets the tropopause. Here CAT is most frequently encountered in the regions of jet streams. At lower altitudes it may also occur near mountain ranges. Thin cirrus clouds can also indicate high probability of CAT.