Simple Flying

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A bizarre incident occurred recently on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo in which the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit. Following the serious breach of protocol, the pilot was grounded, and the airline is investigating the matter.

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Aerotime

JULY 2, 2024

.” Singapore-based BOC Aviation operates a fleet of nearly 700 aircraft, with lease arrangements in place with 90 airlines in 45 countries.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In the past couple of weeks, weve seen two catastrophic accidents involving US-based airlines. If you look on social media, its clear that some people think that airlines are hiring pilots with little to no experience, simply because of the color of their skin or their gender. But thats also not whats going on at airlines.

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Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

According to EASA, “ground assistance, advanced cockpit design with workload alleviation means [and] pilot incapacitation detection” would be used to compensate for one less pilot during cruise flight. Pilots can thus achieve a better balance between working and resting time on long-range flights,” the European planemaker claimed.

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Simple Flying

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A bizarre incident occurred recently on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo in which the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Pilot Airline 116

Simple Flying

JULY 22, 2024

United Airlines is teaming up with aircraft engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace Technologies once again to introduce new cockpit features for its Boeing 737 MAX fleet. The companies announced their collaboration on Monday at the Farnborough International Airshow.

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Simple Flying

APRIL 30, 2024

Have you ever noticed the opened flight deck door during boarding and when the aircraft is being prepared for departure? It does not take much to peak inside the flight deck, where pilots are busy doing their calculations and preparing for flight.

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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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Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Every airliner has more seats in its flight deck than are needed for just two Pilots. Airliners have flying seats; each sits in front of various instruments and controls. They also have "jumpseats" placed behind the flying seats.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Pilot Airline 105

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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AV Web

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Having at least two semi-functioning human brains on the flight deck makes sense, but this single pilot thing may overwhelm common sense and become an industry standard before I manage to escape this crazy planet and fly west. We argued that three sets of eyeballs in the cockpit were necessary for safety. How do I know this?

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Cockpit Pilot Flight Deck Airline 105

AV Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

When I became an airline pilot at the beginning of 1979, the training classes and flight decks were male only clubs. How would you feel if you were one of the first three women flying for an airline and had to live on the flight decks I described?

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Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

They arent just a list of priorities in an emergency, they also neatly sum up the different roles a pilot must play, roles that used to be divided very specifically on the flight deck of an airliner. Consider the amazing picture below, taken on the flight deck of a Boeing 314 flying boat over 80 years ago.

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AeroSavvy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A flight crew prepares a Boeing 767 for flight Every airline develops its own preflight procedures. Captain, first officer, and international relief officer preflight task assignments are different at every airline. Airlines are moving toward electronic maintenance logbooks. Same idea, with digital signatures.

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Flight Deck Clearance Runway Pilot 52

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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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

For others, flying on a commercial airliner may be a once-a-year event when heading off on vacation. In the case of certain passengers, a flight may represent the first time they have ever been onboard an airplane, generating feelings of excitement and trepidation in equal measure about what may lie ahead.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 269

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 21, 2025

Good headsets enhance communication, reduce cockpit noise, and ensure comfort during long training or time-building flights. Comfort and Fit While perhaps not the top priority during relatively short flights common during the early days of training, comfort will soon be king as you embark on longer aeronautical excursions.

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Pilot General Aviation Cockpit Air Traffic Control 101

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 3, 2025

For the final segment of our royal visit to Versailles , I flew United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 first class on the 2hr20min flight from Washington (IAD) to Miami (MIA). I booked this flight because it was the most convenient way to get home, but I was excited about this because it would be my first flight with Uniteds new interiors.

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Narrow-Body Aircraft Air Traffic Control Flight Deck Airline 88

AV Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Jeremiah FELIX is a pilot for a Canadian airline with concerns about the apparent move toward single-pilot airline operations. The rise of automation in aviation has transformed the flight deck, enhancing safety and operational efficiency by reducing pilot workload and minimizing human error.

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Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck Approach 98

Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2024

Chair flying is a technique to practice your flying skills by either sitting in the airplane on the ground, using a simulator, or sitting in front of a poster of your flight deck. For this article, we will focus on using a flight deck, or cockpit, poster for chair flying at home. What do I need for chair flying?

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Cranky Flier

APRIL 19, 2024

The airline says if it weren’t for the $200 million it lost due to the MAX 9 shutdown in January it would have turned a small profit, which, sure, but it also would have turned a profit it made another $200 million selling leftover stroopwafels. The airline finished the quarter with about $1.5 The airline paid $3.08

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Flight Deck Pilot Thrust Airline 130

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A Big Surprise from a FAA Inspector Air Facts Journal The FAA employs Air Carrier Operations Safety Inspectors to oversea airline operations. These inspectors are free to observe simulator operations or line flights carrying passengers. Our passenger flight was getting a checkride from the FAA. On the flight deck of the L-1011.

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 18, 2025

A random airliner doesnt often call up for push and taxi without an associated flight plan, and to do so with a desire to taxi around the airport for 10-15 minutes is even more unusual. Wings for All gave participants a reasonable expectation of what they would experience on an actual flight.

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Runway Airplanes Flight Deck Pilot 69

Fear of Landing

MARCH 8, 2024

I first spoke to Oliver a few years back when he was writing a different piece on the loss of Malaysia Airlines 370, and I was impressed with his curiosity and thoroughness. Amazing map of the search areas for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Southern Indian Ocean by Andrew Heneen. Skybrary’s ULB page has more details.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Oh, and did I mention, most of this complex interaction between student and instructor takes place in a cramped and noisy cockpit “classroom,” in turbulence, and in a busy air traffic environment? While these CFIs come in all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds, they are each focused on student success and flight safety.

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Air

JANUARY 22, 2025

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE AERONAUTICAL SECTOR This is the third time that One Air has received the corresponding award from Avion Revue International , making us the only Spanish flight school to receive it on two or more occasions. The Avion Revue Awards (ARI) are the only independent awards for excellent performance in the sector.

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Pilot Flight Deck General Aviation Cockpit 92

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

At Leopard Aviation , we train pilots to balance comfort with responsibility, ensuring they make informed decisions in the cockpit. With expert guidance and hands-on training, we help pilots understand best practices for in-flight distractions. Airlines and flight schools may have stricter policies.

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Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Few airlines are willing to pay the cost of training pilots to use synthetic vision systems (SVS) effectively, so airliners are rarely equipped with them. The CVS is available with the Pro Line Fusion flight deck. Garmin G1000 Garmin SVS has been an optional feature of the popular G1000 glass cockpit system since 2008.

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Adventures of Cap'n Aux

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As a pilot with 40 years in the airline industry, I’ve seen some serious changes—some good, some bad. Advancements in technology and evolution in Crew Resource Management (CRM) have improved safety on the flight deck exponentially. Flight For Justice! An excerpt from this review appears in her novel.

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Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Innsbruck is one of the most beautiful and spectacular places on earth with an airport that can support a variety of airline equipment up to a small widebody such as the Boeing 767-300ER. In the CRJ you can not hear any engines from the cockpit, making for an odd audio sensation. You must look at your power settings only.

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Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 13, 2025

Operators with Pro Line 4 avionics can now eliminate CRT display obsolescence, and benefit from the latest high-performance LCD technology, without the need for an expensive full cockpit retrofit, extensive aircraft downtime and crew retraining.

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Jet Flight Deck Cockpit Airline 40

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

B747-8i, B737, MD11 Contributing Writer AI-powered system could be trained to assist in the cockpit and even land the plane in extreme emergencies, such as pilot incapacitation. But the movement to reduced crew operations (RCOs) is gaining strength, pushed by national private ATC companies and by some airlines. Y oure alone.

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Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Its design plays an integral part in keeping the flight crew, cargo, and passengers safe because it can withstand changes in atmospheric pressure.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

The airlines use their high-fidelity flight simulators to great advantage, and when combined with stick shakers, multicrew flight decks, and low-speed and stall-warning systems, the training is excellent. However, there are some airplanes where the approach to a stall is practiced in flight.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From the inexpensive thrill of soaring in a glider to the massive expense of a commercial airliner, there is a lot to consider regarding the cost of the flight. Large Private Jets / Regional Jets: $10 million – $80 million Commercial Airliners: $80 million – over $400 million How Much Do Airplanes Cost? million – $8.8

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iPad Pilot News

JUNE 14, 2024

Eventually, the FAA’s Flight Technology group acknowledged the benefits of flying with datalink weather in the cockpit and released Advisory Circular 00-63A in 2014. Be aware of the product time or “valid until” time on the particular data link information displayed in the flight deck.

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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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