Category: The Professional Pilot

Nominating a take-off alternate

Airliners are operated in all sorts of adverse weather conditions. High winds, low cloud, fog, rain, thunderstorms and snow showers are all some of the very many challenges and adversities

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Heart Matters

The human heart is a tough and reliable machine

For obvious reasons, dependable power plants are pretty important in aviation. Modern commercial turbine motors are now approaching

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Land at the nearest suitable airport

As part of an airliner’s certification process, the manufacturers take into account what the likelihood of non-normal operation of that aircraft’s various components and systems would be. The process is rigorous and scientific.

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