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US judge jails American Airlines PAX who tried to open exit door midflight

Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

An American Airlines passenger has been sentenced to 19 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to interfering with flight crew members and flight attendants. Audio between the aircraft pilot and air traffic control also revealed that the convict attempted to enter the flight deck.

Air Traffic Control

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The controversial push for AI single-pilot ops: Airbus vs. Pilot associations

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A pilot operating Boeing 767s on global routes and a consultant leveraging his extensive aviation and technology expertise, Christian also holds a First-Class Honours degree in Air Transport Operations and a master’s in Blockchain. In his columns, he explores modern challenges and innovative technologies that shape the future of flight.

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NTSB finds interruptions and multitasking to be cause of near-collision at JFK

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that interruptions and multitasking led to distractions that resulted in a near-collision incident between a Delta Air Lines and American Airlines aircraft at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York earlier last year.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

A violent and destructive engine failure on the aircraft, one of United Airlines ’ McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, caused the loss of all standard flight controls through the fracture of all three hydraulic syst ems on the aircraft. While fatalities resulted, the majority of those onboard survived.

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Hail Damage to Austrian Airlines A320

Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

I’ve been intrigued by the photographs being passed around of the Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 that flew into a hailstorm. Austrian Airlines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Austria. The flight seemed routine until the flight crew started the final descent from 34,000 feet.

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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Welcome onboard For some people, traveling by air has become purely routine, much like traveling by bus or train. For others, flying on a commercial airliner may be a once-a-year event when heading off on vacation. We will now begin our tour through a commercial airline flight, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the journey!

Cabin Crew

Cabin Crew Runway Knot Clearance

Honeywell Crafts Safer Approaches Through Technology

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. Honeywell’s Anthem integrated flight deck has driven a cascade of upcoming solutions for aircraft, including the Pilatus PC-12. “Can you accept the visual?”

Approach

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Exploring the Essential Sections of an Aircraft: A Comprehensive Guide

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. They will also communicate with air traffic control about any flight safety alerts should an issue arise with the electronic flight instrument displays.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron Air Traffic Control Lift

Pilot in the Jump Seat Who Tried to Shut off Engines

Captain Laura

OCTOBER 25, 2023

To learn of this airline captain who was dealing with mental health issues try and attempt to shut off the engines of a regional flight aircraft is truly unbelievable. link] [link] [link] [link] Jump Seating: As pilots and flight attendants, we often do not live where we are based. So lets dissect this a bit.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Flight Deck Cockpit

From Challenges to Rewards: The Path to Your First Turbine Pilot Job

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Image: Stages in a turbine engine Geared Turbofan – A New Class In recent years a hybrid engine has entered airline service. Downstream consumers of bleed air include cabin environmental and pressurization systems, anti-ice and de-ice systems, and in some cases charging accumulators associated with hydraulic, fuel, or water systems.

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Crew Resource Management: How do pilots manage responsibility of flight

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

For perspective, aircraft used to have three crewmembers on the flight deck: two pilots and a flight engineer,” Shalopanova said. The reduction in crew means both pilots must decide their work more effectively to balance responsibility and check each other as the flight goes on.”

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Air Atlanta 747 freighter rejects takeoff from taxiway at Riyadh Airport

Aerotime

MAY 1, 2024

On April 22, 2024, an Air Atlanta Europe Malta Boeing 747-400 freighter operating on behalf of Saudi Arabian Airlines was scheduled to depart from Riyadh King Khalid International Airport (RUH) and fly to Nairobi (NBO) in Kenya.

Tarmac

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Flight Planning Demands a Dose of Common Sense

Jetwhine

JULY 1, 2024

And there were plenty of accidents; a few airliner crashes a month, while tragic, were not unheard of. It also led to the birth of cockpit resource management (CRM); a process designed to train crews to utilize all the flight deck’s human resources effectively. The question of course is why?

Flight Plan

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Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

On the 9th of July 2024, flight LA8073, operated by the Chilean airline LATAM, departed from Milano Malpensa for a passenger flight to São Paulo, Brazil. Then 383 passengers boarded for the flight, making for a total of 398 people on board. The crew gives the final fuel figures to the load controller.

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US judge jails American Airlines PAX who tried to open exit door midflight

The controversial push for AI single-pilot ops: Airbus vs. Pilot associations

Trending Sources

NTSB finds interruptions and multitasking to be cause of near-collision at JFK

35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

Hail Damage to Austrian Airlines A320

The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one

Honeywell Crafts Safer Approaches Through Technology

Exploring the Essential Sections of an Aircraft: A Comprehensive Guide

Pilot in the Jump Seat Who Tried to Shut off Engines

From Challenges to Rewards: The Path to Your First Turbine Pilot Job

Crew Resource Management: How do pilots manage responsibility of flight

Air Atlanta 747 freighter rejects takeoff from taxiway at Riyadh Airport

Flight Planning Demands a Dose of Common Sense

Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

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