The term “jumpseat” refers to a small, uncomfortable observer seat in the cockpit. FAA and company check pilots use them to observe flight crews. When the seats are not being used, the captain may permit a transport pilot with proper credentials to ride in the jumpseat. As a courtesy, ...
An aborted landing (which is known as a ‘go-around’ by pilots), can happen for a number of reasons such as bad weather, a blocked runway or an unstabilised approach. Go-arounds are very safe manoeuvres which are regularly practiced by pilots in the simulator. Go-arounds or aborted la...
Pilots have to jump into that multi million dollar simulator box once every 6 months, either for training or more importantly renew their flying license. So what’s involved in a typical simulator license renewal, Line Proficiency Check (LPC) as we call it?
But none of the machines changed its altitude, so i’m pretty sure the pilots of both planes kept chill, but i’m wonderd if there was no warning from TCAS or sth else. Sadly i forgot to screenshot this, it was a long flight and i was tierd. Without flightradar i wouldn’t able...
Furthermore, FSX pilots can also earn “rewards” as they take part in free flights and add-on missions. What’s more, these rewards are not hidden and are clearly visible in the “Rewards” tab upon completion. Not all of these extras are hidden either but are only available at certain...
It’s also true that due to adjustments in pilots’ age regulations, there is large number of pilot captains set to reach retirement age over the next few years, which has created greater awareness of the need to train pilots of the future with a captain’s skill set in mind. How much...
I do use the flight planner, using IFR routes etc. The ATC tells me to land visually on a visual runway. I tried to change runways but it would not give me any additional runways to land the list would be empty. Getting really annoyed i decided to see what happens if i put the ...
Do pilots get airsick? Surveys show thatincapacitating airsickness occurs in 29 percent of airline pilots. Motion sickness is even more common when using a flight simulator, and up to 70 percent of pilots are affected. Surprisingly, the best pilots are the most susceptible. ...
a flight simulator is not created to further theoretical work but to train pilots, and a weather model can be described as a simulation because it does not embody theoretical instantiation or exploration of the cli- mate, but rather a series of (nonetheless extremely valuable) predictions buoyed...
Instead, the FAA relies on pilot training to ensure that on each and every flight, pilots never, ever fail to fasten every seat belt on the plane, in both occupied and unoccupied seats. This very training heightens the chance of panic, since we pilots “know,” when trouble arises, the ...