Aerotime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In advance of the long-awaited arrival of its first Airbus A350-900, Emirates has been revealing the efforts it has gone to over recent months to prepare its pilots and cabin crews for the arrival of the new widebody fleet. These suites include three full-motion flight simulators integrated with innovative pilot support systems (PSS).

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Aerotime

JANUARY 30, 2025

According to Boeing, over the next two decades there will be a need for 674,000 new pilots, 716,000 new maintenance technicians, and 980,000 new cabin crews worldwide respectively to the current global commercial fleet. AI provides spotters with data on weather and flight plans and general conditions.

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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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Pilot Institute

APRIL 4, 2025

When creating a flight plan, you’ll be doing distances, speeds, times en route, and fuel burn. You’ll have to figure out how to create a flight plan through different time zones, particularly for extended cross-country flights. Math in Flying What type of math will you actually be doing?

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Ask Captain Lim

MAY 31, 2024

My sympathies go out to the injured cabin crew, who are most vulnerable due to their duties. When the potential for turbulence arises, the commander should immediately alert the cabin crew to cease their services and secure themselves with seat belts. They are never injured because they always wear their seat belts.

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Ask Captain Lim

MAY 21, 2024

However, careful analysis of horizontal wind shear on computer flight plans can sometimes reveal turbulence ahead. Most flight planning systems consider wind speed 1,000 feet below and 1,000 feet above the cruising level.

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Aviation Bussiness News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In advance of its much-awaited Airbus A350s joining the fleet, Emirates has invested around US$48 million in full suites of equipment and systems to support both pilot and cabin crew training. The PSS’ debrief mode allows the instructor to playback the recorded session to review crew performance.

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