Unreliable Speed
Recall of the last procedure enhancements…. Continue Reading →
V1
The U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations and the European Joint Aviation Requirements redefined V1 as the maximum airspeed at which a flight crew must take the first action to safely reject a takeoff. Other revisions change the method of compensating for the time required by pilots to take action to reject a takeoff; require accelerate-stop data…… Continue Reading →
Use Of VNAV On NPA
As the computer technology of aircraft navigation systems became more and more sophisticated, aircraft and avionics manufacturers attempt to exploit this computer capability in aircraft operations. One of the most profound capabilities being exploited recently is the aircraft’s capability of navigating vertically on an instrument approach without reference to an external electronic guidance signal such…… Continue Reading →
What Lies Below
Plan to avoid the rocks during an emergency descent…. Continue Reading →
Visual Approaches
A surprising number of aircraft accidents have occurred during visual approaches or during the visual segment following an instrument approach. An interesting review initiated by Captain Fred H. LORENZ has been published sometime ago…. Continue Reading →
Airbus Go-Around Essentials
An excellent document about go-around essentials…… Continue Reading →
Let's Be Careful During Visual Approaches
The Flight Safety Foundation Approach-and-landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Task Force found that visual approaches were being conducted in 41 percent of 118 fatal approach-andlanding accidents worldwide in 1980 through 1996… Continue Reading →
Approach Hazards Awareness
Factors that may contribute to approach-and- landing accidents include flight over hilly terrain, reduced visibility, visual illusions, adverse winds, contaminated runways and/or limited approach aids. Flight crews should be aware of the compounding nature of these hazards during approach and landing…. Continue Reading →
Fuel Conservation Strategies – Cost Index Explained
Used appropriately, the cost index (CI) feature of the flight management computer (FMC) can help airlines significantly reduce operating costs. However, many operators don’t take full advantage of this powerful tool…. Continue Reading →
Go-Around – Failure to Mitigate
Studying the psychology of decision making during unstable approaches and why go-around policies are ineffective…. Continue Reading →
Fuel Conservation Strategies : Descent and Approach
Pilots are often forced to deal with shorter-term restraints that may require them to temporarily abandon their cruise strategy one or more times during a flight…. Continue Reading →
Go-Around Review
Most air transport pilots lack adequate training in how to perform the most common go-arounds — those with both engines operating in the high-pressure environment of a missed approach, according to a study by the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA)…. Continue Reading →
Go-Around – Strategies & Recommendations
The very respected Flight Safety Foundation has published a list of recommendations about how to combat the psychology of non-compliance with GA policies and procedures… Continue Reading →
Go-Around Risks
Relative-safety factors influence flight crews to perform far fewer missed approaches than predicted by the incidence of unstabilized approaches. The timing of the decision can be critical to the maneuver’s outcome…. Continue Reading →
How to Make Go-Arounds Safer
A lack of go around decision is the leading factor in the majority of approach and landing accidents. One in ten go around reports records a potentially hazardous go-around outcome. This article gives some hints on how to make it more efficient and safer…. Continue Reading →