Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Before departure Once you are onboard and safely seated, there will already be a rush of activity going on in the cabin around you. With all ground personnel off the aircraft, you will hear the familiar call over the aircraft’s public address (PA) system: “ Crew, arm the doors and cross-check ”.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 269

Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 7, 2025

To honour International Womens Day 2025 on March 8, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will operate its ZurichGothenburg return flights with an all-female cockpit and cabin crew. While women currently make up just over 5% of SWISSs cockpit crew, the number is steadily growing, with 13% of current pilot trainees being female.

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Cockpit Cabin Crew Pilot 40

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Under the carrier’s policy, there need to always be two people in the cockpit. Since the lavatory is outside the cockpit, that means a pilot needs to arrange for a flight attendant to enter the flight deck when they go to use the bathroom. It’s not clear why the first officer wasn’t following company procedures. Fair enough.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Airline Airlines 113

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

The cabin crew was even tasked with handing out bottles of a product made by another well-known Atlanta-based company Coca-Cola. That same year, Delta introduced female flight attendants, branded stewardesses by the airline for the first time.

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Cargo Jet Airline Airlines 264

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

He used the first officer’s airspeed indicator and visual cues out of the cockpit windows to determine the flight path of the plane and the need for any power changes. The approach to Sioux City With the aircraft at a range of about nine miles from touchdown at Sioux City, the crew made visual contact with the airport.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 294

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 17, 2025

There were 175 passengers, four cabin crew and two flight crew on board. The collision killed all 175 passengers and four of the six crew members. The only survivors were the two cabin crew seated in the aft jump seats. On approach, the captain made a mayday alert, declaring bird strike, bird strike.

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Thrust Altimeter Cabin Crew Instrument Landing System 59

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cabin crew disinterested and surly, I would hate to see them have to perform in an emergency situation. Aircraft grubby with the crew unable to work the inflight entertainment. Crew smoking in the toilets and cockpit door wedged open for a while. Cabin crew did not use shoulder straps on take off and landing.

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Cabin Crew Airline Airlines Tarmac 117

Fear of Landing

JUNE 7, 2024

The cabin was run by the chief purser and four cabin crew. When he escorted the two passengers to the aircraft, one of the cabin crew gave him a cup of coffee and wished him a nice evening before they closed the doors again. In the cockpit were three flight crew: two pilots and a flight engineer.

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Cabin Crew Weather Descent Turbulence 102

Ask Captain Lim

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Smoke with the smell of fire in an aircraft cabin could indicate a potential fire, which is a rare but serious situation. While smoke or fumes in the cockpit or cabin are uncommon, they can have dire consequences. The final transmission was a chilling “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! No injuries were reported.

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Cabin Crew Cockpit Airline Airlines 64

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

There were two flight crew, two cabin crew, and 58 passengers on board when the aircraft, an ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500) departed Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport in Cascavel. At no point during this hour did the flight crew reactivate the airframe de-icing system. The airframe de-icing system turned off.

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Knot Approach Descent Weather 98

Aviation Bussiness News

JANUARY 2, 2025

A cabin crew member is confirmed to have died following an emergency landing due to smoke entering the cockpit and cabin of a Swiss Airlines flight. Two members of the cabin crew were admitted to hospital after the aircraft landed.

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Cabin Crew Airline Airlines Cockpit 40

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

AUGUST 2, 2024

Damp Lease is which the lessor (owner) provides the aircraft, maintainence of the aircraft and flight crew. However, cabin crew and insurance will not be provided. The airline that is leasing the aircraft will provide its own cabin crew and will be trained before being allowed to work on these leased aircraft.

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Descent Runway Cabin Crew Weather 102

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A Communication Breakdown at Oslo An SAS flight landed normally at Oslo but then evacuated, apparently due to a misunderstanding between the pilot and cabin crew. Despite an investigation including breathalyzer tests for all crew (which came up negative), the exact nature of this miscommunication remains a mystery.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Final Approach Cabin Crew 84

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. As type rated pilots are envisioned as GPs, the ground-based cockpit will most likely look like the real deal minus oxygen masks. Y oure alone.

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Pilot Cockpit Pilot in Command Cabin Crew 52

Ask Captain Lim

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

To aid pilots’ recall, they act on the 5 C’s (CCCCC): C rew: Inform all cockpit crew members. C abin Crew: Inform the cabin crew of the nature of the emergency, whether an evacuation was required; time to impact or any special instructions.

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Air Traffic Control Cabin Crew Cockpit Pilot 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

As a pilot, you’re in charge of the navigation inside the cockpit, as well as the flight attendants and cabin crew members. The flight crew depends on you to guide the aircraft to its destination safely, which instills trust in your passengers.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Weather Cockpit 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The cabin crew generally was nice and I interacted with one asking her what she thinks about this aircraft and from her response she wasn't enthusiastic about working on it and I can understand why. I managed to take a little peek of the cockpit when it was opened. Once our aircraft pushed back, we were on our way.

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Weather Runway Tarmac Cabin Crew 59

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Airlines have shifted their focus toward getting pilots into the cockpit faster, with less emphasis on formal education. They offer courses that lead directly to the cockpit. These programs typically last 1-2 years, providing a faster route to the cockpit than traditional four-year degrees. This might be the path for you.

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Pilot Cockpit Approach Air Traffic Control 52

Aerotime

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Frontier Airlines Airbus A321-200, registered N701FR, departed San Diego International Airport (SAN) on October 5, 2024, shortly after 15:00, with 170 passengers and seven crew onboard. The investigation continues and a full report on the incident will be published in due course.

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Cockpit Transponder Cabin Crew Descent 278

Airspeed Junkie

MARCH 27, 2022

Fly Girl Aviation Engraved Cutting Board The fly girl cutting board is the perfect gift for cabin crew members. Aviation Cockpit Cutting Board This is a simple cockpit graphic laser engraved onto bamboo for a really neat aviation themed cutting board. Perfect for older cabin crew that love the glamourous look of vintage.

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Cabin Crew Airplanes Cockpit Runway 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Crew Crew costs can represent a significant portion of the total cost of owning and operating an aircraft, especially for larger and more complex aircraft. Crew costs include salaries, benefits, training, and other expenses associated with staffing the cockpit or flight deck (including pilots, cabin crew, and ground crew).

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Airplanes Jet General Aviation Hangar 98

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 28, 2024

This is Aegean's Airbus A320CEO with the racoon style cockpit. By then the aircraft started its descent when the cabin crew were released from their seats. By the time they are done, they started collecting the thrash but during our descent, we encountered some rough turbulence and the hardworking crew had to hold on.

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Airline Airlines Descent Turbulence 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

APRIL 27, 2024

Once we started our descent, the cabin crew appeared and at least they did their job by checking everyone is buckle up before they made their way to their seats. The cockpit view - my favourite. My last trip to Shanghai was with Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 from PVG to BKK and that was more than 15 years ago. Almost there!

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Cabin Crew Airline Airlines Runway 59

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 10, 2022

Per Diem is not part of your pay package, it is an allowed expense across the board to all flight and cabin crew that travel. If the FAA (and insurance companies) suddenly endorsed the idea of only needing one pilot in the cockpit (and then eventually zero) the whole ball game changes.

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Pilot Airline Airlines Cabin Crew 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The view of the cabin after meal service was completed. The cabin crew's seats during take-off and landing. Photos of the rear cabin including the lavatory The cabin crew's workspace. There are 2 lavatories located at the rear of the aircraft and 1 lavatory located at the front of the cabin.

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Weather Runway Cabin Crew Descent 59

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

Do you like the racoon style cockpit? The racoon style cockpit Time to experience my first Aegean Airlines flight! Once on board, I noticed a cabin crew was serving champagne on a plastic cup and was pleasantly surprised I was given one, I suppose because of the occasion (New Year's Day). Let's go to Greece!

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Airline Airlines Weather Turbulence 52

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Key themes: Gonzales reconstructs the chain of failures that contributed to the accident, the ingenious methods the pilots employed to steer a near-uncontrollable aircraft, and the collaborative efforts of the cabin crew, air traffic controllers, and emergency responders on the ground.

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Rudder Pilot Air Traffic Control Cabin Crew 100

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Zero Fuel Weight : 219,460 kg Take-off Weight : 328,425 kg Fuel in Tanks : 109,625 kg There were 15 crew, three pilots and twelve cabin crew. The cockpit voice recorder recorded the sounds of the tail strike warning, followed by the tower controller warning the crew that they’d had a tail strike.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway 82

Airspeed Junkie

MARCH 23, 2022

Cabin crew has to store their luggage in the cabin along with passenger bags. Often times their bags have been carried off by an ignorant passenger who does not realize they have taken a crew bag by mistake. There is no special storage bin for the crews bags, except for the pilots who have theirs in the cockpit with them.

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Weather Cabin Crew Airline Airlines 52

Aerotime

MARCH 4, 2025

Based on The Court of Inquiry India report, the aircraft cockpit voice recorder showed the captain had been asleep for most of the flight, for 1 hour and 40 minutes of the 2 hours and 5 minutes journey. Crew members are trained to identify the signs of exhaustion in teammates and encouraged to report their own tiredness before the flight.

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Cabin Crew Pilot Cockpit Air Traffic Control 130

Airspeed Junkie

APRIL 12, 2024

If you read social media pages or just have normal conversations in the cockpit, you would think that there is the almighty wizard behind the curtain manipulating airline schedules, quality of life and standard operating procedures in the airline industry. Conversely, collaborating with a low performer can diminish your performance by 30%.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airline Airlines 90

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 31, 2025

The recovery teams are still searching for the helicopter’s recorder.

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Air Traffic Control Approach UTC Final Approach 104