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A Day in the Life of a Pilot

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Before entering the cockpit, pilots conduct a thorough pre-flight inspection of the aircraft, ensuring everything from the engines to the emergency systems is functioning properly. At the same time, they coordinate with cabin crew, dispatchers and engineers to confirm all systems are in order.

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Frontier A321 crew smelt burning rubber odor before fiery LAS landing: NTSB  

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The Frontier Airlines Airbus A321-200, registered N701FR, departed San Diego International Airport (SAN) on October 5, 2024, shortly after 15:00, with 170 passengers and seven crew onboard. The investigation continues and a full report on the incident will be published in due course.

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Experiencing Air France Airbus A220-300 (Part 2: CDG-BCN)

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

After a smooth climb towards our assigned flight level and direction, the friendlier cabin crew (compared to my previous flight) came around to start the service and once again we were given a snack and a choice of beverage. After an hour of flying, we started our descent into Barcelona. Time to leave the aircraft.

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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. Lavatory A relatively clean lavatory located behind the cockpit. You can also select a 2nd meal but you have to pay for it.

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My First Embraer ERJ 190-E2 Ride: Flying With Scoot From Singapore To Hat Yai

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

The cabin crew generally was nice and I interacted with one asking her what she thinks about this aircraft and from her response she wasn't enthusiastic about working on it and I can understand why. I managed to take a little peek of the cockpit when it was opened. At this point, we started our descent into Hat Yai.

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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 ”.

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Icing, Systems, and Human Factors: Preliminary Findings on Voepass flight 2283

Fear of Landing

There were two flight crew, two cabin crew, and 58 passengers on board when the aircraft, an ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500) departed Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport in Cascavel. At no point during this hour did the flight crew reactivate the airframe de-icing system. The flight crew confirmed SANPA.