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A Day in the Life of a Pilot

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Pilots also review NOTAMs (Notices to Airmen), which report temporary changes such as runway closures or airspace restrictions. At the same time, they coordinate with cabin crew, dispatchers and engineers to confirm all systems are in order. Passengers might not realize how much pilots interact with the cabin crew.

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Wingtip Vortices and Wake Turbulence

Pilot Institute

The exhaust coming out of aircraft engines looks pretty dangerous, generating huge amounts of thrust and pushing back tons of hot air. There have been numerous incidents of passengers and cabin crew suffering injuries ranging from mild to severe after their aircraft bounced around after getting caught in someone elses wake.

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Jeju Air flight 2216

Fear of Landing

On the 29th of December 2024, a Boeing 737-800 operated by a low-cost South Korean airline crashed after an emergency landing and overshooting the runway at Muan International Airport in South Korea. There were 175 passengers, four cabin crew and two flight crew on board.

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Discovering ITA Airways Airbus A220-100 (Part 1: LCY-LIN)

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

This small airport can handle only a terminal and single runway 09/27 and can handle small commercial aircraft up to the size of Airbus A220-100, ERJ-195-E2 and A318. No tow truck was required as we were able to taxi out from our parking lot and made our way to the runway. An ITA Airways cabin crew's uniform.

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

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

The airport layout of CDG airport This airport consists of 4 runways, (08L/26R, 08R/26L, 09L/27R and 09R/27L) and was opened in March 1974. However after pushing back while on the way to the runway, I managed to see some deicing action on an Easyjet A321 aircraft. At this point, we reached the threshold of the runway.

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

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

This airport is a hub for Iberia, Level, Air Nostrum and Vueling and operates 3 runways, 06L/24R, 06R/24L and 02/20. Currently the airport has 2 runways 17L/35R and 17R/35L and operates 2 terminals. We entered the runway. This airport consists of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2A, 2B and 2C. This is Fundacio Teatre Lilure.

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Flying Jetstar Japan from Osaka KIX to Taipei Taoyuan on a Red-Eye Flight

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

After a smooth take-off, it didn't take long for our aircraft to reach 10,000 feet and immediately the cabin crew were released to start the service. This set of Japanese crew were nice and I was able to communicate with them without issueas. Overall it was a nice and pleasant flight.