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Impact of automation, AI, and emerging technologies on aviation career

Aerotime

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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Delta Air Lines Flight 191: A Cabin Crew Perspective

Simple Flying

Prior to departure from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), the flight crew had received no particular warning about the weather apart from notice of an area of isolated thunderstorms over Oklahoma and northeastern Texas.

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

Aerotime

In the previous installment of this two-part article , AeroTime took you through the initial stages of a routine commercial flight, from the pre-departure checks carried out by the pilots and cabin crew, to what is happening outside the aircraft, and from engine startup to taxi and take-off.

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

Aerotime

Before departure Once you are onboard and safely seated, there will already be a rush of activity going on in the cabin around you. These figures are vital for the crew to be able to calculate the actual take-off speed of the airplane in the prevailing weather conditions (as we’ll see later).

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From crop dusting to global megacarrier: Marking 100 years of Delta Air Lines

Aerotime

In cold weather, the cabins are warm and comfortable and with the interesting feature of scenic observation of the surrounding country, afford the ideal means of modern travel.” The cabin crew was even tasked with handing out bottles of a product made by another well-known Atlanta-based company Coca-Cola.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

Rather, it is affected by many factors, such as weather conditions and the presence of obstacles. Examples of information that can be communicated by an FSS include weather advisories, traffic advisories, navigational aids, or information from military bases or homeland security. VFR requires minimum weather and visibility conditions.

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Continental flight 11

Fear of Landing

The cabin was run by the chief purser and four cabin crew. The gate agent remembered that the weather was terrible: thunderstorms with rain and hail. The gate agent remembered that the weather was terrible: thunderstorms with rain and hail. In the cockpit were three flight crew: two pilots and a flight engineer.