Episodes

  • Manuals
    Nov 16 2023

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    Transcript:

    00:00 Verbal Reasoning

    03:27 Paper and Digital Manuals

    10:31 How to Use

    13:05 What is Included

    16:29 Why have a Manual

    20:32 MEL

    27:59 SOPs

    37:22 The Manuals Sat Next To You

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    Accidents - Titan Airways Biocide Treatment. 

    BA5390 (Pilot Sucked Out).

    Further Reading:

    First Light - Geoffrey Wellum (Wikipedia)

    Fate Is the Hunter - Ernest K. Gann (Wikipedia)

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    40 mins
  • TCAS
    Sep 3 2023

    TCAS - Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System. Airline mid-air collisions. How pilots avoid hitting other aircraft.

    Accidents - Überlingen Mid-Air Collision and Linate Airport Disaster.

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    00:00 Transcript Start

    03:42 What Does TCAS Do

    12:57 Why TCAS, History

    16:40 Faults

    23:25 Linate Airport Disaster 2001

    25:23 Future

    29:18 Uberlingen Mid-Air Collision

     

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    56 mins
  • ILS
    May 25 2023

    ILS Instrument Landing System. How an airline pilot uses an ILS, a technical description and ILS limitations. Accident - Korean Air Flight 801 in Guam.

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    Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. 

    00:00 Transcript Start

    03:42 Description 

    09:35 Die Hard

    10:23 Technical Description 

    21:32 Manual Flight

    26:22 Typical ILS

    34:48 Korean Air Flight 801

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    46 mins
  • Circling
    Mar 14 2022

    Circling Approaches. Circling approach use and risks. Accident - Air China 129.

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    00:00 Transcript Start

    00:47 What is Circling

    09:33 Why Bother

    11:18 Circling vs Visual Approach

    19:41 Workload and Task Sharing

    25:46 Challenging Weather

    34:30 Air China 129

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    49 mins
  • Landing Gear
    Mar 3 2022

    Aircraft Landing Gear. Use and design. Landing gear failure. Accident LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 - 767 Belly Landing

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    00:00 Use and Problems

    08:00 Large Landing Gear

    12:48 Weight on Wheels Sensor

    15:27 Walk Around

    18:06 Nose Gear

    22:18 Landing Gear Failures

    24:46 Landing Gear Drag

    26:55 Gear Limitations

    31:27 Gear Pins

    35:23 LOT Flight 16 Belly Landing

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    55 mins
  • Sioux City
    Feb 23 2022

    Airline Accident Sioux City United 232. A successful accident, an example of the positive effect CRM (Crew Resource Management). Accident analysis, history of CRM.  

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    Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.

    00:00 Transcript Start

    09:39 Explosion

    15:58 CRM History

    21:00 Flight Controls

    31:04 Communication

    40:50 Disaster Plan

    43:26 Jan Brown Senior

    48:00 Denny Fitch

    60:25 Japan Airlines 123

    63:09 Phugoid

    69:13 Landing

    85:38 DHL Baghdad

    87:51 Ending

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Airline Pilot Selection
    Feb 8 2022

    Airline pilot selection processes general introduction. Airline selection as a risk exercise. Research, Replicate, Repeat. Evidence for competencies. Typical airline selection process, online and written applications, aptitude and maths testing, interview and group exercises, simulator assessments.

    More Airline Pilot Selection episodes available including: Why do you want to be an Airline Pilot?

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    Episode Outline:

    00:00 - Intro

    01:26 - Risk Assessment

    07:24 - Research Replicate Repeat

    33:38 - Online and Written Applications

    41:14 - Aptitude, Maths, Interview and Group Exercises

    49:19 - Simulator Assessments

    52:31 - Anyone Can Pass

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    56 mins
  • Altimetry
    Feb 2 2022

    Altitude, altimetry and altimeters. Altitude as a concept. Barometric and radio altimetry. Accident - Aeroperú Flight 603, Dambusters.

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    Episode Outline:

    00:00 - Intro

    01:24 - Altitude

    04:33 - Pressure Altimetry 

    21:13 - Radio Altimeters

    30:20 - Aeroperú Flight 603

    39:06 - Dambusters

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    44 mins