One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A SriLankan Airlines captain has been grounded, after he reportedly locked the first officer out of the flight deck, in a move intended to teach her a lesson… SriLankan pilot suspended over flight deck behavior A SriLankan Airlines captain has been suspended, following his actions on a recent flight.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Airlines Airline 113

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2025

In a historic moment for Alaska Airlines just ahead of Mothers Day, captain Michelle Miles and her son, first officer Jeff Miles, recently shared the flight deck, marking the airlines first mother-son pilot team. He often donned his grandfathers old Navy flight helmet and imagined himself soaring through the skies.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airlines Airline 111

One Mile at a Time

MAY 19, 2024

For years, there had been talk of the cockpits of commercial aircraft in the United States getting a second flight deck barrier. As the FAA describes this, the intent is to slow any attack on the flight deck long enough so that the flight deck can be closed and locked before an attacker could reach it.

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Flight Deck Airplanes Cockpit Pilot 120

AV Web

AUGUST 8, 2024

Pilot’s associations are sounding the alarm on Airbus’ proposal to move towards single-pilot operations in the cockpit. Jason Ambrosi urged the manufacturer to reconsider its proposal to reduce cockpit crew from two to one from entering the commercial aviation environment. In an Aug.

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Cockpit Pilot Flight Deck Airlines 140

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In the past couple of weeks, weve seen two catastrophic accidents involving US-based airlines. If you look on social media, its clear that some people think that airlines are hiring pilots with little to no experience, simply because of the color of their skin or their gender. But thats also not whats going on at airlines.

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Pilot Flight Deck Airlines Airline 104

Aerotime

JULY 2, 2024

.” Singapore-based BOC Aviation operates a fleet of nearly 700 aircraft, with lease arrangements in place with 90 airlines in 45 countries.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Jet Airlines 304

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A bizarre incident occurred recently on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo in which the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit. Following the serious breach of protocol, the pilot was grounded, and the airline is investigating the matter.

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Flight Deck Pilot Cockpit Airlines 128

Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

According to EASA, “ground assistance, advanced cockpit design with workload alleviation means [and] pilot incapacitation detection” would be used to compensate for one less pilot during cruise flight. Pilots can thus achieve a better balance between working and resting time on long-range flights,” the European planemaker claimed.

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Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck Cargo 330

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A bizarre incident occurred recently on a SriLankan Airlines flight from Sydney to Colombo in which the captain locked the first officer out of the cockpit.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Pilot Airlines 116

Simple Flying

JULY 22, 2024

United Airlines is teaming up with aircraft engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace Technologies once again to introduce new cockpit features for its Boeing 737 MAX fleet. The companies announced their collaboration on Monday at the Farnborough International Airshow.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Airlines Airline 105

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Every airliner has more seats in its flight deck than are needed for just two Pilots. Airliners have flying seats; each sits in front of various instruments and controls. They also have "jumpseats" placed behind the flying seats.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Pilot Airlines 105

Cranky Flier

MAY 16, 2025

Delta Moves the Deck Chairs Around Everything you knew about flying on Delta is changing — except really nothing is changing at all– yet. The captain was eventually able to successfully return to the flight deck, divert to Madrid, and land safely without incident. Singapore Airlines is rolling in the dough.

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Flight Deck Airplanes Cockpit Pilot 130

Simple Flying

APRIL 30, 2024

Have you ever noticed the opened flight deck door during boarding and when the aircraft is being prepared for departure? It does not take much to peak inside the flight deck, where pilots are busy doing their calculations and preparing for flight.

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Cockpit Flight Deck Pilot Airlines 98

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that interruptions and multitasking led to distractions that resulted in a near-collision incident between a Delta Air Lines and American Airlines aircraft at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York earlier last year.

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Air Traffic Control Clearance Runway Airplanes 281

AV Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

When I became an airline pilot at the beginning of 1979, the training classes and flight decks were male only clubs. How would you feel if you were one of the first three women flying for an airline and had to live on the flight decks I described?

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Flight Deck Transponder Cockpit Checkride 95

Aviation Bussiness News

JUNE 16, 2025

Bavaria-based Deutsche Aircraft has announced it is to use the Garmin G5000 Prime flight deck for the upcoming D328eco regional turboprop. The announcement was made at the Paris Air Show currently underway.

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Air

JUNE 4, 2025

If you’ve ever found yourself plane-spotting , you might have noticed a striking feature on the flight decks of new Airbus aircraft: a sleek, black raccoon mask framing the cockpit windows. Historically, wide-body flight decks required as many as six separate glass panes, resulting in a complex and heavy structure.

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Flight Deck Drag Cockpit Pilot 52

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

They arent just a list of priorities in an emergency, they also neatly sum up the different roles a pilot must play, roles that used to be divided very specifically on the flight deck of an airliner. Consider the amazing picture below, taken on the flight deck of a Boeing 314 flying boat over 80 years ago.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Approach Airplanes 95

Aviation Bussiness News

JUNE 16, 2025

Southwest Airlines is to roll out Honeywell’s SmartRunway and SmartLanding software across its entire Boeing 737 fleet to enhance runway safety and pilot situational awareness. The software is being activated through the airline’s existing Honeywell Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS), which is already installed on all aircraft.

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Adventures of Cap'n Aux

MAY 21, 2025

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Pilot Cockpit Airlines Airline 102

Simple Flying

MAY 9, 2025

Airbus introduced electronic flight instrument displays in the A310 flight deck, replacing traditional analog dials. The "glass cockpit" used six cathode ray tube displays to display flight and navigation information.

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Flight Deck Rudder Tail Cockpit 105

Flying Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

A few months ago, I completed a set of upgrades to my home flight simulator cockpit that I chronicled in FLYING issues 952 and 953 titled Build Your Best Sim (Parts 1 and 2). READ MORE: Review: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Want to start flying airliners and learn their systems on your flight simulator?

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Cockpit Pilot Air Traffic Control Approach 79

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

For others, flying on a commercial airliner may be a once-a-year event when heading off on vacation. In the case of certain passengers, a flight may represent the first time they have ever been onboard an airplane, generating feelings of excitement and trepidation in equal measure about what may lie ahead.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 271

Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

I’ve been intrigued by the photographs being passed around of the Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 that flew into a hailstorm. Austrian Airlines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Austria. The flight seemed routine until the flight crew started the final descent from 34,000 feet.

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Airlines Airline Weather Cockpit 98

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 21, 2025

Good headsets enhance communication, reduce cockpit noise, and ensure comfort during long training or time-building flights. Comfort and Fit While perhaps not the top priority during relatively short flights common during the early days of training, comfort will soon be king as you embark on longer aeronautical excursions.

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Pilot General Aviation Cockpit Air Traffic Control 104

AeroSavvy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A flight crew prepares a Boeing 767 for flight Every airline develops its own preflight procedures. Captain, first officer, and international relief officer preflight task assignments are different at every airline. Airlines are moving toward electronic maintenance logbooks. Same idea, with digital signatures.

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Flight Deck Clearance Runway Pilot 52

WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

While commercial airliners are made up of millions of individual components, the foundation of every airplanewhether a Boeing jet or a training aircraft like a Cessna 172 starts with the same key parts. It houses the cockpit, passenger seats (if applicable), and any cargo space.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 3, 2025

For the final segment of our royal visit to Versailles , I flew United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 first class on the 2hr20min flight from Washington (IAD) to Miami (MIA). I booked this flight because it was the most convenient way to get home, but I was excited about this because it would be my first flight with Uniteds new interiors.

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Pilot's Life Blog

MAY 6, 2025

When starting flight training, one of your first big decisions is glass cockpit vs steam gauges. At Leopard Aviation, we train students on modern Cessna 172S aircraft with Garmin G1000 glass cockpits. If you’re just beginning your aviation journey, the cockpit you train in matters.

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Cockpit Pilot Approach Flight Deck 52

AV Web

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Jeremiah FELIX is a pilot for a Canadian airline with concerns about the apparent move toward single-pilot airline operations. The rise of automation in aviation has transformed the flight deck, enhancing safety and operational efficiency by reducing pilot workload and minimizing human error.

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Pilot Cockpit Flight Deck Approach 98

Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

My phone chime woke me up from a deep sleep hours later and I headed back to the cockpit to relieve the Captain so he could get some well deserved sleep. As I walked up the darkened aisle toward the flight deck, I noticed several flight attendants huddled together in the mid-galley talking in hushed tones.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Approach Descent 96

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A Big Surprise from a FAA Inspector Air Facts Journal The FAA employs Air Carrier Operations Safety Inspectors to oversea airline operations. These inspectors are free to observe simulator operations or line flights carrying passengers. Our passenger flight was getting a checkride from the FAA. On the flight deck of the L-1011.

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Checkride Approach Descent Cockpit 98

Northstar VFR

MAY 26, 2024

Chair flying is a technique to practice your flying skills by either sitting in the airplane on the ground, using a simulator, or sitting in front of a poster of your flight deck. For this article, we will focus on using a flight deck, or cockpit, poster for chair flying at home. What do I need for chair flying?

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Pilot Flight Deck Checkride Cockpit 90

Cranky Flier

APRIL 19, 2024

The airline says if it weren’t for the $200 million it lost due to the MAX 9 shutdown in January it would have turned a small profit, which, sure, but it also would have turned a profit it made another $200 million selling leftover stroopwafels. The airline finished the quarter with about $1.5 The airline paid $3.08

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Flight Deck Pilot Thrust Airlines 130

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 18, 2025

A random airliner doesnt often call up for push and taxi without an associated flight plan, and to do so with a desire to taxi around the airport for 10-15 minutes is even more unusual. Wings for All gave participants a reasonable expectation of what they would experience on an actual flight.

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Runway Airplanes Flight Deck Pilot 76

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

Pilot Institute

MAY 8, 2025

Pilots see these messages on cockpit screens, such as the FMS interface, or get printouts from a small built-in printer. They forward the messages onwards to airline operation centers, flight dispatch, maintenance facilities, or ATC. Ground Systems The ground side has a network of ground radio stations or satellite receivers.

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Clearance Weather Air Traffic Control Pilot 52