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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961157203321

Autore

Casner Stephen M

Titolo

The pilot's guide to the modern airline cockpit / / Stephen M. Casner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, Washington, : Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., c2013

ISBN

9781619540408

1619540401

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

629.135

Soggetti

Airplanes - Cockpits

Aeronautical instruments

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"ASA-AL-CP2-CP."

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover ; About the Author ; Copyright ; Contents ; List of Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Chapter 1 - The Quick Tour ; Chapter 2 - Planning the Flight Route  ; Chapter 3 - Following the Flight Route ; Chapter 4 - Dealing with En Route Modifications  ; Chapter 5 - Flying Off of the Planned Route ; Chapter 6 - Rejoining the Planned Route ; Chapter 7 - Human Factors of Cockpit Automation ; Chapter 8 - Putting It All Together  ; Chapter 9 - Cockpit Automation in Other Airplanes ; Glossary ; Index ; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces you to the fundamentals of the automated 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 learned during general aviation training and 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 sk