FLYING EXPERIENCE December 31st, 2009

“Flying Experience of a Commercial Pilot”

Lot of people have asked me about the flying experience of a commercial pilot. So I thout of writing an article on flying experience. Usually, the Captain arrives at least one hour before the flight’s scheduled take off and meets his crew.

Then, with the first officer, he checks the mail, reads the latest company instructions and checks all the applicable operation notices. Operation notices contain information on such things as war zones, Royal flights, new danger areas etc.

The pilots then check the pre-prepared flight plan which shows the routes and heights to be flown.

The plan will also show the fuel required and it is essential that this is checked as it can be annoying to run short of fuel in the air. Many accidents have occurred in the past due to errors between litres,gallons and American gallons.

The next check is the weather and the meteorological report usually takes a little time to study and the pilots will discuss the implications of the en route and landing weather forecast. The weather forecast can also affect the decision on the amount of fuel required as strong headwinds will mean additional fuel.

Taking all factors into account the pilots will consider diversion airfields which may be required. Note the preparation is necessarily thorough and this aspect of flying is essential at all phases of training and throughout a flying career.

The final factors to be considered are the Air Traffic Control. It is necessary to consider the possible ATC requirements which may mean having to fly at a height different from the one planned and this of course can affect the fuel requirement. Then the loading sheet, which carries all the cargo and passenger details ( sometimes called The Manifest).is checked to ensure the aircraft does not exceed it’s all up weight and balance limits.

Finally with the paperwork all correct the pilots go to the aircraft. The pilots then carry out a walk round of the aircraft using a check list and ensuring all is ok. They look for any unexplained or unusual change from the norm such as oil leaks and damage.

The Captain then briefs the cabin crew and the pilots supervise the loading and fuelling. Once they are satisfied the passengers are then put on board.

The pilots then follow their checklists and ensure all the equipment is serviceable and the computers are correctly programmed before asking ATC for their slot and taxi permission.

Once cleared the aircraft is taxied to the runway and, with all checks completed, and clearance to take off obtained the pilots taxy onto the runway and commence the take off run. Throughout the take-off and climb to the operational height the pilot has to concentrate on many aspects. Height, speeds and track must all be closely monitored along with radio contact and ATC instructions. The cabin crew also need to be kept aware of progress. ThHTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:33:31 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.41 X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.6 X-Pingback: http://www.becomeapilotonabudget.co.uk/xmlrpc.php Connection: close Transfer-Encoding: chunked Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 200 OK

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So I thout of writing an article on flying experience. Usually, the Captain arrives at least one hour before the flight’s scheduled take off and meets his crew.</p> <p> </p> <p>Then, with the first officer, he checks the mail, reads the latest company instructions and checks all the applicable operation notices. Operation notices contain information on such things as war zones, Royal flights, new danger areas etc.</p> <p> </p> <p>The pilots then check the pre-prepared flight plan which shows the routes and heights to be flown.</p> <p> </p> <p>The plan will also show the fuel required and it is essential that this is checked as it can be annoying to run short of fuel in the air. Many accidents have occurred in the past due to errors between litres,gallons and American gallons.</p> <p> </p> <p>The next check is the weather and the meteorological report usually takes a little time to study and the pilots will discuss the implications of the en route and landing weather forecast. The weather forecast can also affect the decision on the amount of fuel required as strong headwinds will mean additional fuel.</p> <p> </p> <p>Taking all factors into account the pilots will consider diversion airfields which may be required. Note the preparation is necessarily thorough and this aspect of flying is essential at all phases of training and throughout a flying career.</p> <p> </p> <p>The final factors to be considered are the Air Traffic Control. It is necessary to consider the possible ATC requirements which may mean having to fly at a height different from the one planned and this of course can affect the fuel requirement. Then the loading sheet, which carries all the cargo and passenger details ( sometimes called The Manifest).is checked to ensure the aircraft does not exceed it’s all up weight and balance limits.</p> <p> </p> <p>Finally with the paperwork all correct the pilots go to the aircraft. The pilots then carry out a walk round of the aircraft using a check list and ensuring all is ok. They look for any unexplained or unusual change from the norm such as oil leaks and damage.</p> <p> </p> <p>The Captain then briefs the cabin crew and the pilots supervise the loading and fuelling. Once they are satisfied the passengers are then put on board.</p> <p> </p> <p>The pilots then follow their checklists and ensure all the equipment is serviceable and the computers are correctly programmed before asking ATC for their slot and taxi permission.</p> <p> </p> <p>Once cleared the aircraft is taxied to the runway and, with all checks completed, and clearance to take off obtained the pilots taxy onto the runway and commence the take off run. Throughout the take-off and climb to the operational height the pilot has to concentrate on many aspects. Height, speeds and track must all be closely monitored along with radio contact and ATC instructions. 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