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Airline pilots and their extremely rigorous training

Rathke A few of you may have had the privilege of visiting the flight deck of a commercial airliner, and found yourself fascinated by the myriad levers, buttons, and other mechanisms surrounding the captain and co-pilot. After seeing that instrument panel, have you ever wondered what kind of training a pilot has? Of course, they must have a flight license, but how do you study for it? How long does it take? Are there other requirements along with flight training itself? Here's a quick…

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6 tips for finding cheap airline tickets

Travelers who are passionate about wandering to new destinations often put a hold on their exploration owing to expenses. In order to fulfill all their travel wishes, and to save money for their next trips, they need to cut down flight expenses. If your someone who wants to save on travels, cutting down on flight booking cost is one of the ways to reduce your expenses. Flight tickets costs vary depending on the day of the week, time of the week, and holidays. Follow these simple tricks to…

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Epic EFIS: the modern cockpit's Electronic Flight Information System

ASMR The cockpits of old – with a bewildering multiplicity of levers, buttons and analogue displays – are long gone, phased out beginning in the 1980s in favour of digitised systems known as EFIS, comprising a bewildering multiplicity of liquid-crystal displays along with and joysticks and soft keys to manipulate them. read post

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Standing Tall, Guiding All: A Look at Air-Traffic-Control Towers

Tiia Monto You’ve all no doubt noticed that building, at or near the airport, which resembles a lighthouse. In fact, air-traffic-control towers are lighthouses of a sort, albeit much more sophisticated and with many more functions. But what's inside an air traffic-control tower? Does is have more than one floor inside? Why is it so tall? Are they all the same? Here's a post to clarify a few things about one of the most complex buildings at any airport.read post

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Max Pesling November 29, 2009 at 4:49am

Here's an interesting take on the Airbus A380 superliner. So is it an oversized white elephant already or could it still be the future of longhauls?

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1942120,00.html
David Paul Appell October 28, 2009 at 10:49pm

Is everyone as horrified as I am about the Northwest pilots who overshot Minneapolis because they were on their personal laptops? Time to ban them from cockpits, I would say -- laptops, I mean.
David Paul Appell October 1, 2009 at 7:13pm

So British Airways finally went and launched its all-business-class flights. Any thoughts from the peanut gallery on how that's likely to work out for them?
David Paul Appell September 29, 2009 at 11:50pm

A rundown from the AP of the recent trend toward baggage fees now also on international flights: "Baggage Fees Join Your Overseas Flights," by Joshua Freed. What's next, just a bag of pretzels on the next flight to Europe?
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David Paul Appell September 18, 2009 at 8:18pm

Saw this in my daily paper this morning, and ain't it the truth...
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José Balido September 4, 2009 at 4:51am

LOL Did you get a load of that lobster tail they were serving? And the canapés??? In 1967, when I was five years old, my father and I flew from Havana to Madrid on Iberia, in coach class, of course, as we were leaving Cuba under, shall we say, less than happy conditions. Well, guess what they served on that flight? Lobster tail! IN COACH! Now they're charging us for WATER on some airlines. Ah, progress.
John Lamkin September 4, 2009 at 3:40am

SERVICE? I guess I'm too young t remember that.
José Balido September 3, 2009 at 2:09am

Here's a real blast from the past! Remember something called SERVICE?