CABIN AND FLIGHT CREW COMMUNICATION DURING UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE

As we move towards an era of diverging job functions assigned to cabin crew and flight crew, a single barrier that catalyses this divide is the cockpit door.  Increasingly, this door has served to alienate and undermine the bonding that existed between the two sets of operating crew on board. During pre-flight briefing we go through the motions of communication and cockpit access protocol during normal and conditions where security of the cabin is breached.

FLIGHT AUTOMATION AND MANUAL FLYING

Bombardier Cseries

With the rapid advancement of technology, automation in cockpits have made rapid strides and have successfully made tasks of pilots easier.Crew of the modern generation aircraft have had to put considerable effort and time in trying to understand the automation modes and remain engaged appropriately. As much as comfort the flight crews would derive in normal flight operation with the automation,the questions that all of us pilots tend to ask ourselves is what would be one's reaction if it were to degrade or fail totally. That brings out various scenarios and challenges in dealing with the failures. 

AIRCRAFT EVACUATION-- Initiation of Evacuation by Cabin Crew

GAGAN : AN INDIAN SBAS INITIATIVE

Augmentation of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is a method of improving the navigation system's attributes, such as accuracy, reliability, and availability, through the integration of external information into the calculation process. There are many such systems in place and they are generally named or described based on how the GNSS sensor receives the external information.

PRE-FLIGHT WORK PRESSURE FOR CREW

As a sequel to the Misplaced Priorities post, let's delve at the work pressures one is subjected to as crew during pre-flight phase.

Distractions and Interruptions abound during pre-flight stage from the time crew report to airport for briefing to the completion of pre-flight checks, and are ready to proceed on their way to the destination.