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Southwest Airlines Changes Cabin Landing Preparations

One Mile at a Time

While it will vary depending on a flight’s descent profile, you can expect that this will typically translate to the cabin being prepared for landing roughly five minutes earlier than before. It’s also common among many foreign carriers to prepare the cabin for landing as soon as the descent starts.

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We Fly: Epic E1000 AX

Flying Magazine

We consider that reassuring when the weather becomes turbulent. The big change in the AX is the avionics suite, with an upgrade to the Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck, including Autothrottle and Autoland. Epic advertises the flight deck as designed for pilots as tall as 6-foot-8.

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Arriving in Style

Plane and Pilot

And lets face it, the key to that flawless approach is often a well-planned descent. In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. Like so much of aviation, there are several ways to skin this descent cat. Planning the Descent So, when is a good time to start planning the descent ?

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Review: Austrian Business Class Boeing 787 (VIE-IAD)

One Mile at a Time

Theres one lavatory at the front of the cabin, by the flight deck, while there are two lavatories behind the cabin, by the second set of doors. He warned of some turbulence on approach, and of strong winds at Washington Dulles, which were gusting up to 30 knots.

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Review: Aer Lingus Business Class Airbus A321XLR (MSP-DUB)

One Mile at a Time

There were four flight attendants onboard, and interestingly, it was an all-male crew (both in the flight deck and cabin). There wasn’t any turbulence, but the clouds in the distance were huge (and the pictures don’t really do it justice). The safety demonstration was then performed, which was entirely manual.

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Southwest alters landing procedure to reduce cabin crew turbulence injuries 

Aerotime

Southwest Airlines will alter landing procedures from December 2024, in an effort to reduce injuries sustained by cabin crew members during turbulence, according to an internal memo. At 18,000 feet, the Pilots will make one high-low chime, indicating the start of sterile flight deck.

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Review: Iberia Business Class Airbus A321XLR (MAD-IAD)

One Mile at a Time

Iberia A321XLR business class lavatory Iberia has a single business class lavatory on the A321XLR, located at the very front of the cabin, by the flight deck. There was a bit of turbulence on the final approach. The lavatory was certainly uniquely colored, but other than that, was pretty standard for an A321-family aircraft.