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Flight Crew and Flight Manuals: Part 2
An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a book containing the information required to safely operate the aircraft. A typical flight manual will contain the following: operating limitations, Normal/Abnormal/Emergency operating procedures, performance data and loading information.
Strange Relations between Flight Crew and Flight Manuals: Part 1
An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a book containing the information required to safely operate the aircraft. A typical flight manual will contain the following: operating limitations, Normal/Abnormal/Emergency operating procedures, performance data and loading information.
Night Flying Tips for Ab Initio Pilots: Part 3 Human Factors
Flying at night presents a unique set of challenges, as well as opportunities.
NIGHT FLYING TIPS FOR AB INITIO PILOTS- PART 2
Flying at night presents a unique set of challenges, as well as opportunities.
NIGHT FLYING TIPS FOR AB-INITIO PILOTS- PART 1
Flying at night presents a unique set of challenges, as well as opportunities.
Distractions in Cockpit
The airlines make a conscious effort to expose its flight crew to the potential hazards of distractions. Strict adherence to the ‘Sterile Cockpit Rule’ is implemented. Cabin crew and ground staff are trained and instructed to refrain from interrupting the cockpit crew while they’re in the midst of a briefing or entering critical flight data into the FMS, including computation of takeoff speeds. Strict adherence to SOP is mandated and checklist discipline is reinforced during line and simulator training. The key here is for every company to “educate” it’s staff with regards to the challenge that is posed by distraction, affecting the safety of the flight.
Engine Failure
Whether you’re a novice or an experienced pilot, an engine failure in-flight is a pilot’s worst nightmare. If it occurs in a single-engine piston aircraft or a single-engine jet plane, there are only two ways out: trying to restart the engine, or making a forced landing. The other option of ejection is available to military pilots only. An engine failure in flight requires a swift reaction by the pilot in command to maximize the flight of an airplane after the event has occurred. Pilots do this by acquiring a glide…
Critical Thinking for Pilots: Self debrief and Learning from our own mistakes…
What’s the point in thinking about what could have been or what might have happened? What’s done is done. We’ve heard this. We’ve probably thought this. But don’t drown your sorrows or celebrate too soon, because this self debrief is how important insights are revealed that will improve your decision quality in the air as well as on the ground. But before we start let me say that it is best to learn from others’ mistakes then make your own. However, as pilots we undertake multiple flights every day and not one flight is…
8 THINGS TO DO JUST BEFORE YOUR VIVA
That crucial 15 minutes before a VIVA can become the longest 15 minutes in an aspiring ATPL seeker’s life. What are you doing in those last few moments before you go into high stake Viva? Most people are getting just nervous or more nervous. They are thinking about all the things that can go wrong and all the ways in which they might screw up. They are worried about being judged by others and found lacking. In other words they are sabotaging themselves. Not many professionals are able to collect…