One Mile at a Time

MARCH 18, 2025

Not only that, but there was quite a crosswind, as wind was blowing at a direction 40 degrees off the runway heading. As Ive written about before, the airline industry definitely has a juniority problem, especially at regional airlines. The aircraft came in to land on runway 22.

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Air Traffic Control Knot Runway Crosswind 95

Aviation Bussiness News

JANUARY 27, 2025

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Crosswind Airlines Airline 40

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Airline Pilots Continuing education is required for airline pilots. Check airmen are used by the airline industry to perform recurrent checks, proficiency checks, and line checks. All airline pilots attend annual recurrent training that includes ground school and simulator training that requires an evaluation.

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Pilot Wind Shear Airlines Airline 94

Air Facts

APRIL 9, 2025

Or imagine talking to experts on the ground, much like airline pilots do with dispatch: you might send a picture of erratic CHT readings on your engine monitor to your A&P, or text an experienced flight instructor about the weather up ahead. Do airlines even need windows anymore? Ride along and find out!). Kids these days, right?

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Weather Airplanes Pilot Cockpit 98

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Left alone with my thoughts and the breeze, I watched carefully as several airliners came and went. The airliner behind it bounced just a touch. Pull up abruptly to avoid contact with the runway while drifting When high, gusty winds prevail, or when landing crosswind, approach at a higher airspeed.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Knot Airplanes 97

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 23, 2024

The crosswinds were also too high for the HAC Hawker Fury which was due to fly with the IWM Spitfire Mk.1 Lead by Aero Legends G-ANAF Pegasus , included Tunison Foundation’s Placid Lassie, Tim Savage’s Western Airlines DC-3, and C-53 Spirit of Douglas. 1 N3200 which would have been a unique pairing.

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Crosswind Weather Approach Jet 105

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 1, 2024

Here’s a video that aviation geeks should enjoy… A United jet’s unusual go around in Zurich A spotter in Zurich has uploaded a video to YouTube of a 32-year-old United Airlines Boeing 767-300ER going around at Zurich Airport (ZRH). You can see the aircraft first touching down just past the touchdown zone markings, so that’s pretty standard.

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Runway Crosswind Pilot Jet 117

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Innsbruck is one of the most beautiful and spectacular places on earth with an airport that can support a variety of airline equipment up to a small widebody such as the Boeing 767-300ER. The small aileron “tabs” were not doing a great job in crosswind ability. Taking off in violent winds was a task. This was in XP12.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Jetwhine

JUNE 2, 2025

Bob decided the way to get the best flying lessons in a Cessna 180 was from an experienced former airline pilot that coincidentally lived near Los Angeles. Maybe in another 22 years he’ll finally nail those crosswind landings if we’re lucky. They even landed on a street near Los Angeles Airport due to fog.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Runway 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 4, 2025

Look up airline pilot positions at job posting sites; youll find that the average requirements are either thousands of flight hours or advanced ratings and certifications. This is great if you want an airline career and a higher-paying job. The Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate is the highest certification you can earn.

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Pilot Checkride Cabin Crew Airplanes 98

Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 25, 2025

Adam Estes) Inside the museum one can find a former United Airlines Boeing 727-100 (registration number N7017U) hanging from the second story balcony. In 1991, N7017U was retired from United Airlines operational fleet, but instead of being scavenged for parts and scrapped, N7017U was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry.

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Cockpit Pilot Ceiling Rudder 95

Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

This idea came from the airline industry, perhaps in the 1990s, with the well-intentioned goal of reducing airliner accidents. However, the text of the SAIB justifies its recommendations by citing transport category aircraft events, such as American Airlines flight 965 and Northwest Airlines 6231.

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Final Approach General Aviation Approach Wind Shear 90

Ask Captain Lim

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Several factors could have contributed to this accident: Reports indicate that strong crosswinds were present during landing. Crosswinds can be challenging, even for experienced pilots. The Flight Crew Operating Manual (FCOM) specifies crosswind limits for various runway conditions, such as snow or ice.

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Crosswind Runway Descent Pilot 45

AV Web

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Friends from my old airline world and my more recent re-insertion into the general aviation ecosphere have graced me with their presence and have put up with my almost constant opinionated blather on such riveting subjects as crosswind landings, unleaded avgas, and airport lobby snack vending food.

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Airplanes Hangar Aileron Crosswind 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 4, 2024

When I was working on my PPL, I learned crosswind landings proficiently, plenty good enough for the check ride, but we never had an ugly, gusty, strong crosswind landing day. Then I had occasion to fly with an airline pilot, giving him a ride home in his leaseback before I was to fly it back. He had the altitude nailed.

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Crosswind Aileron Runway Gross Weight 52

Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This regimented approach can be beneficial for students pursuing aviation as a full-time career, as it is often designed to meet airline and professional pilot training standards. In contrast, Part 141 flight schools follow a structured curriculum with predetermined lesson plans and schedules, leaving little room for adjustments.

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Aileron Approach Visual Flight Rules Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Flight Gear Crosswind Bag If you’re bent toward practicality and cost-effectiveness, the Flight Gear Crosswind Bag does a lot for a little. One government study predicts 18,500 openings will become available for airline and commercial pilots every year through 2033. New pilots are needed in many sectors as others retire.

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Pilot Cockpit Crosswind Federal Aviation Regulations 97

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Add in some crosswind and turbulence from preceding aircraft, and these arrivals can get a bit hairy.

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Stability Approach Runway Pilot 92

Northstar VFR

JULY 2, 2023

Remember when your CFI taught you to turn crosswind around 500-700 feet? Section 4-3-3 states “If remaining in the traffic pattern , commence turn to crosswind leg beyond the departure end of the runway within 300 feet of pattern altitude.” Or aspirations to work for an airline? Part 121: This is all the airlines.

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Federal Aviation Regulations Aeronautical Information Manual Crosswind Pilot 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

My ride: SX-NEC in the airline's new livery Introduction Flying with Aegean Airlines has been in my mind for a while and when the chance presented itself, I decided to go for it. However I would be flying Economy Class so will I be impressed with the airline? Welcome to my 2024 New Year trip report! Read on to find out.

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Airlines Airline Weather Turbulence 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Understand that most CFIs do the job to build their experience for other jobs, like the airlines. If you are on your second lesson and the crosswind component or gust factor are beyond the demonstrated component of the aircraft you are flying, it’s likely a better day to stay on the ground. Don’t skimp on this.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Flight Computer Pilot Federal Aviation Regulations 106

Air Facts

MAY 15, 2024

Good luck cheating on the crosswind landing portion of your Private checkride, much less a type rating checkride. We all pass the same tests to earn the same certificates, and if you become an airline pilot the pay is based on seniority, not the score on your Private Pilot Knowledge Test or the university you went to.

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Checkride Airplanes Pilot Crosswind 98

iPad Pilot News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

It’s an impressive new option, and when paired with high quality flight controls , it’s a valuable resource for keeping current at home (but don’t try to learn crosswind landings on it). It builds on the popularity of Microsoft’s 2020 version with a few new features that favor pilots.

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Cockpit Airplanes Weather Air Traffic Control 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 25, 2024

While most major airlines don’t cancel this early, if you’re flying commercially for a local or regional airport, you’ll have more freedom in canceling due to forecasted weather conditions. In general, the more notice you can give for a cancelation, the less inconvenience you put on your passengers.

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Weather Pilot True Airspeed Ceiling 52

Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 30, 2025

Sporty’s E6B Flight Computer Overview : A digital update of the classic flight computer, Sporty’s E6B Flight Computer delivers fast, accurate calculations without carrying a physical E6B or doing manual math in the air.

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Pilot Flight Computer Weather Wind Shear 52

Northstar VFR

APRIL 21, 2024

By Jordan Bullock CFI, Boeing 737 Pilot Traditionally, becoming a Certified Flight Instructor (commonly abbreviated as CFI) has been a required step to build hours before inevitably leaving for a coveted airline gig. Is 10 hours enough to handle max demonstrated crosswind from the right seat? But how do you become a CFI? That’s fine.

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Checkride Airplanes Pilot Crosswind 57

Air

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

For example, imagine that data shows that pilots often have difficulty with a certain type of crosswind landing. Well, rather than simply memorising procedures, pilots learn why those procedures exist and how to apply them effectively in different scenarios. Let's find out!

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Pilot Cockpit Approach Crosswind 52

Airspeed Junkie

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

From Student to Airline Transport Pilot Certificates, find the information you need for your aviation goals. Key Takeaways The FAA offers a range of pilot certificates, each designated for different levels of flying proficiency, including Student, Private, Commercial, and Airline Transport Pilot Certificates.

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Pilot Instrument Flight Rules Weather Center of Gravity 52

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Flighty This app was designed with airline passengers in mind to help track flights using the latest iOS app display and notification features. Jeppesen Flight Deck Pro Jepp’s modern offering for the commercial airline market provides digital charts, moving map navigation, weather, D-ATIS and company-specific charts and documents.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Fly with Eva

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

The fire hose In my previous airline I never got to see the head office or any of the operational departments. But the new airline has all of its departments, including the simulators and management, at one location. But we are soon to find out on the company introduction day. During the introduction we get an overload of information.

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Approach Flight Deck Cargo Pilot 52

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

While slightly more expensive, they better prepare students for transitioning into commercial and airline careers. Low-wing aircraft, such as the Piper PA-28, provide better ground clearance and handling in crosswinds. How do high-wing and low-wing aircraft differ in training?

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Pilot Stability Cockpit Crosswind 52

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Airline dispatchers read and speak fluent METAR. I chose the default setting of 15 knots because the max demonstrated crosswind component of our Cherokee Six is 17 knots. There are times when a METAR will indicate a takeoff or landing cannot be safely made. Station lights flash yellow when winds exceed 15 kts (customizable).

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Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

dove for pattern altitude, and managed the noise sensitive areas around the airport as best we could by entering the pattern on a midfield crosswind for runway 33. We cancelled IFR (but kept the squawk!), Gilead and Alyssa landing at College Park in Eight One Six.

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

From simple mechanical linkages in small aircraft to high-tech fly-by-wire systems in airliners, ailerons have evolved with aviation itself. You might be surprised to learn that tiny four-seater Cessna 172s and 140-passenger Boeing 707 airliners both use simple cables for moving the ailerons and elevators!

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Aileron Weight-Shift-Control Rudder Longitudinal Axis 90

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The plans allowed for five runways on the site, with a pair of two parallel runways running east to west to the north and south of the main terminal area and with one further runway to allow for crosswinds at the location. This first arrival had only sixty passengers onboard.

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Runway Jet Threshold Crosswind 271

Air Facts

JUNE 19, 2024

An airline pilot was incapacitated immediately upon takeoff of an airliner from the airport. The more challenging the flight conditions–low ceilings, rain, crosswinds, high density, etc–the higher the anxiety level. A calm landing differs from a headwind landing versus a crosswind landing. And yet it was!

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Pilot Crosswind Cockpit Threshold 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 20, 2025

READ MORE: Tale of Two Flights: A Spoiled Brat Flies the Airlines Encouraged by my friend Mike Shafer, I got a Learjet type rating and ATP at FlightSafety in Atlanta. He nailed that crosswind landing in his P-210, too. I also noted his attractive daughter whom I introduced to my friend Rob Haynes from Southwest Airlines.

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Pilot Crosswind Airplanes Knot 119