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Airline Hiring Pauses: Setback or Opportunity for Aspiring Pilots?

Inflight Pilot Training

According to Boeings 2024 Pilot and Technician Outlook , over the next 20 years, the industry will require 649,000 new pilots, 690,000 new maintenance technicians, and 938,000 new cabin crew members to meet the demands of the expanding global commercial fleet.

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Drone Lingo Simplified: Acronyms Every Pilot Needs To Know

Pilot Institute

The ASRS captures these reports, analyzes the safety data, and distributes information to the aviation community to avoid the recurrence of such incidents It is a confidential system that accepts submissions from pilots, air traffic controllers, technicians, cabin crew, and drone pilots.

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Air India 171 Preliminary Accident Report

Adventures of Cap'n Aux

Air India 171 Preliminary Accident Report GENERAL FACTS Crew, Passenger and Aircraft Info Pilot Experience & History Excerpt : The aircraft was scheduled to operate flight Al171 from Ahmedabad to Gatwick with ETD 07:40 UTC ( 13:10 IST ). 07:55:15 The aircraft requested taxi clearance, which was granted by ATC.

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Flying Home With Singapore Airlines A350-900 (BCN-MXP-SIN)

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

The meal selection for the MXP-SIN sector (Breakfast and Lunch) You can request from the cabin crew for one of the snacks available anytime during the flight. Do take note As I have covered this 3-class A350-900 in my previous SQ trip report, I won't go too much into details with this aircraft's cabin products.

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Flying on a 5th Freedom Route with Air Asia X: TPE-KIX

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Once my booking was confirmed, I was offered some duty free items sold at a discount and I can order them before the flight and the cabin crew were delivered to me during the flight. Once our engines were started, we were given clearance to taxi and head towards the runway.

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Flying With Air China (Part 2: PEK-LHR A350-900)

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Once again, an announcement from the flight crew was made but it was difficult to hear what he was saying as it sounded like another voice in the background (could be the other pilot talking to the ATC) and also the cabin crew made some important announcement including a reminder to us about the consequences if we fail to follow the rules.

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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one  

Aerotime

Before departure Once you are onboard and safely seated, there will already be a rush of activity going on in the cabin around you. With all ground personnel off the aircraft, you will hear the familiar call over the aircraft’s public address (PA) system: “ Crew, arm the doors and cross-check ”.