Aerotime
MAY 19, 2025
The investigation report states that with around 30 minutes left of the two-hour and 30-minute flight left to go, the 43-year-old captain left the flight deck for a toilet break. GCmap.com The aircraft flew for around ten minutes without a pilot in command of the plane, according to the report.
Air Facts
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Who is the pilot in command of your aircraft? Air Facts Journal The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft. Consider the amazing picture below, taken on the flight deck of a Boeing 314 flying boat over 80 years ago.
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AV Web
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
About a second before the collision a flight deck alarm of “traffic, traffic, traffic” was recorded. Rebecca Lobach, 26, as the pilot flying. She had 450 hours total time and was certified as a pilot-in-command on the Blackhawk. Meanwhile the Army identified Capt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28.
Flight Training Central
MAY 28, 2024
Sitting in the flight deck during the cruise portion of any flight may have a tendency to become monotonous. Pilot in command. Second in command. But as the destination traffic pattern approaches, workload increases dramatically. VFR approaches to land at night should be accomplished with a steeper descent.
Flying Magazine
MAY 16, 2024
Subscribe Now Featured Leadership on the flight deck sets those apart from the general pilot population—and there are ways to build your capabilities in this regard with greater assumption of authority along the way. Subscribe today to get the issue as soon as it is released in either Print or Digital formats.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 6, 2025
This means that, in most cases, a drone pilot flying in FPV will need a visual observer nearby. PIC Pilot in Command The PIC refers to the person who is ultimately responsible for the operations and safety of an aircraft. This is a general aviation term that also applies to drone flight.
NAFI
DECEMBER 17, 2023
You know whether or not you see “pilot in command” coming from them. I don’t know about you, but sharing the sky with (or potentially being on the aft side of a locked flight deck door behind) “the world’s okayest pilot” makes my skin crawl. The examiner gets one snapshot. Think I’m being hyperbolical?
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