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

• Autore: Casner Stephen M
• Pubblicazione: Newcastle, Washington, : Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., c2013
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Disciplina: 629.135
• Soggetto topico: Airplanes - Cockpits; Aeronautical instruments
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The pilot's guide to the modern airline cockpit
• ISBN: 1-61954-040-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809274703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II