Airlines Flight Deck Turbulence 
One Mile at a Time
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Starting next week, Southwest Airlines passengers will notice a subtle change to when crews prepare the cabin for landing, and it has some implications for passengers. As of December 4, 2024, Southwest Airlines will be instructing crews to prepare the cabin for landing earlier than before, as flagged by View from the Wing.
Aerotime
JULY 1, 2025
Eliyahu Yosef Parypa / Shutterstock Immediately after take-off, as the aircraft climbed away from the airport, the crew received multiple critical warnings in the flight deck. It was only after flight data recorder (FDR) analysis that the full extent of the occurrence was discovered.
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Pilot Institute
MAY 8, 2025
They forward the messages onwards to airline operation centers, flight dispatch, maintenance facilities, or ATC. From there, it gets routed like mail to the intended recipient: an airline operations center or an air traffic control unit. Data link service providers (like ARINC or SITA) operate these networks.
Air Facts
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
“The instrument conditions, likely turbulence, and increased workload imposed by beginning the approach phase of the flight presented a situation that was conducive to the development of spatial disorientation and a loss of situational awareness.
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. To cope with these challenges, airline glass flight decks contain a vertical navigation function (VNAV) that keeps the autopilot, and the crew, on the right path to arrive at the final approach fix, or downwind leg, at speed and on altitude.
One Mile at a Time
APRIL 2, 2025
For the transatlantic return segment of our royal visit to Versailles , I flew Austrians Boeing 787-9 business class on the nine hour flight from Vienna (VIE) to Washington (IAD). Whats exciting is that the airline recently started taking delivery of 787s , representing a new era for the carrier.
Fear of Landing
MARCH 7, 2025
TACA flight 110, 24 May 1988 TACA (Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos) was El Salvadors national airline. It had a complicated history, starting in 1930s Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as a cargo airline. The First Officer, Dionisio Lpez, was nearly as experienced as Carlos with 12,000 flight hours.
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