This new Second Edition of The Pilot's Guide to the Airline
Cockpit (previously titled, The Pilot's Guide to the
Modern Airline Cockpit), introduces you to the fundamentals of today's airline
cockpit before you enter training at an airline company. Whether it is a
turboprop, a regional jet, a Boeing, or an Airbus, most every airliner in
operation today contains a flight management system, and autopilot, and other
glass-cockpit systems. These systems represent a gap between the skills you
learn during your general aviation experience and the skills you will be
expected to have when you begin your airline flying career. This book will give
you a head start on bridging that gap and acquiring those necessary skills.
Unlike the typical "systems" manual, The Pilot's guide to the
Airline Cockpit places you in the left seat and takes you
step-by-step through a challenging line flight. It teaches about the airline
cockpit in terms of what you already know as a commercial multiengine instrument
pilot. You will learn how to use the flight management system and autopilot to
plan and follow an assigned route. You will learn to deal with realistic enroute
scenarios such as vectors, intercepts, holds, diversions, late descents, and
many others. Along the way, you will learn how to decide which automation
features to use and when, the limits of the automation's capabilities, how to
monitor the progress of your flight, and remain in-the-loop while the automation
performs its work.
This book is essential reading for anyone who has aspirations to fly for an
airline - it is the ideal companion as you transition from general aviation to
regional jets, and then to larger transport-category airplanes.
A view of Areas Covered:
- Flight Route Planning and Following
- En Route Modifications
- Flying off the Planned Route
- Rejoining the Planned Route
- Human Factors of Cockpit Automation
Take a Look Inside!
Softcover, illustrated, 144 pages, Second Edition.