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| Flying airliners, handling the big jets, executive jets, cool commanding aloft, crew resource management, recovery out of vital emergencies, flying in all weather, Mother Nature's potential impact on flight safety, easing the psychology of passengers during abnormals and/or mother nature's anger, alleviating passengers' aerophobia "WEBSITE STORY ON HANDLING BIG JETS" |
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| HANDLING BIG JETS THRU NATURE |
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Experienced Captain in charge of the flight was gazing down at the scenery sliding by below him. They were flying westbound, the sun was bound to set with its whole reddish magnificence preceding the twilight. He was flying at 39000 feet and there were traces of clouds below him. "Not much to see" he thought aloud. Hearing something unintelligible, the First Officer Mark Meyer went; "huh? Sorry sir couldn't get what you've said". Turning his head to his aide, Captain Tom Collins repeated but this time intentionally aloud; "I said not much to see from down there at this height. As you know flight's greatest joy is to be able to look around and see the world from a wide angle or else if you could fly low and slow, you could enjoy the view from a narrower angle as well. Here, cruising at 39000 feet does not arouse my feelings of joy of flight as it used to be on slower and lower airplanes.Here you go, take a look outside to your right. Tell me what you see? " "Err,sir what you mean ? I see lotsa things.." "Sure lots of things but what makes us fly up here? Wings and power right? Those wings allow us to fly, but remember, it is with our minds that we make the sky ours. So I've been trying to have more power of imagination to adorn my fantasy of flying." The co-pilot, First Officer Meyer at first, could vaguely understood what the Commander meant, so he just kept quiet but seconds later things were brighter for him. "Yes sir, I understand what you mean now, you are exactly right, I miss my old days of flying low and slow as well. Here we are cruising with a transonic speed at above troposphere but we are still missing the flight's greatest gift that is to be able look around. Right, we're looking around literally but not really.." "Indeed, we're better off than the passengers those have been herded into their cabin seats, distracted by magazines,and given shoulder-height double or triple -pane windows at right angles to the direction of flight.They almost have been encouraged not to look outside but to draw the shades for the movie or for a nap and pretend not to fly at all. While some of the passengers having aerophobia that is fear of flight may prefer this kind of treat, I bet a significant majority would prefer the opposite. The big majority would love to suddely find themselves in the flight deck with larger windows and fancy equipment." "Sir, I believe the best way for recovery out of aerophobia is to fight with it. Phobic poeple from flying should do fly looking outside and enjoy the scenery forgetting the fear.They initially plan to do this in good weather conditions and during daylight. No alcoholic beverages should be consumed beforehand. They may consume some candies to stimulate the so called happiness or serotonin hormones though.." "Well what do you know! How do you know all that stuff?" "Life sir, life teaches if you've got the proper ability to learn! I'm kind of kidding but that's true, some glucose or fresh fruit allegedly bananas stimulate the so-called joy hormones or serotonin. Once, one of our passengers was so panicky and filled with fear on a smooth and comfy international flight. The purser reported that she was crying and shaking. She was really scared the hell out of her even to look outside the airplane. I suggested my commander to have the purser find out whether she was diabedic, then if appropriate, serve the aerophobic passenger with a glass of warm water stirred with lots of brown sugar including thin slices of lime. Half an hour later she was feeling much better,at least tolerable. When commander invited her to the flight deck , she showed up by the door still trembling. She kept away from looking outside through the cockpit windows. She took a seat in back of CM1 and guess what, she said she worked as a ticket sales agent of a major airline, bingo! She told us that she never flew unless she had to. With the warm approach of the commander and possibly with the help of warm and sweet water previously served, her wet and congested pretty green eyes had gradually turned out to be kind of shiny in a little while. In the end, she was able to look outside no matter still timid. We had made it." "Good for you. a worthy story for phobics as well. As we all know flying is becoming safer than ever those days thanks to sophisticated instruments, dependable engines, well equipped and highly experienced Air Traffic Controllers and etc. But main problem is becoming the congestion or saturation of air traffic with lurking risks of mid-airs or air-misses and human factors in additon to other mechanical factors. I can tell you that, there have been several kinds of air accidents. Simply put, one of them is PROCEDURAL. Obviously Procedural accidents simply happen due to ommisions or negligence of procedures. Failure on interpretation of radar screen on stormy weathers, failure to follow the proper procedures during take off in icy conditions, non-precision, circling and missed approach procedures, premature descent in high terrain area or failure to observe STAR limits in any area of high terrain or high traffic or let fear or boredom get the upper hand. I've witnessed many emergency conditions so far that with all that adrenaline in blood pilots were unable to understand, confirm and comply with the ATC instructions for emergency diverts during engine, airframe, cabin fires or catastrophic flight control surface problems or etc. Overcoming vital emergencies is a matter of experience. Once you have made it next time you make it easier and easier with gradully growing self confidence. Let me put it clear, in case of young pilots, a large margin of safety for procedural errors should be kept in minds and included in company regulations. My term of young pilots here do not target the novice pilots. What I mean with young pilots are the good ones with some line experience, well trained in sims but merely lacking the experience of live troubles up in the air by themselves who could never have got the chance to taste the heavy work load of live experience of various vital emergency conditions eiher under heavy G loads in severe upset conditons, in cases of inevitable vertigo subjections and humanly adrenaline that is indeed a protection system of the body itself that may at times becomes the focus of pilots' procedural mistakes during vital emergencies, smoke in the cabin and/or in the flight deck, bomb scare or unlawfull interference with a hand grenade or pistol in the proximity of the Captain's temple. It's also a matter of chance for all this conditions to happen in good weather or thru mother nature's bad temper. I don't won't to cite any airline to you at all now because it may not be fair,but in many cases pilots have failed to comply with proper advices of ATC contollers for emergency returns or diverts due to all previously mentioned stuff coming all together and becoming too much to be handled as compared to the experience of the pilots. In those situations, the captain in trouble having got his or her emergency authority, is able to maneuver freely in the way he or she feels safer than the worst anyway, while, the ATC controllers may prefer to stay on the advisory state with all their hearts bumping the same rate with the troubled flight crew. In many cases advised emergency return heading or altitude change instructions for crippled birds have been very, even some times too late to comply with." The second sort of accidents or incidents might be manufacturer originated. Hey you beam? Don't be astound, new airplanes mean new tech orders. All lurking unexpected or unusual startling occurances surface out one day. It's like a lottery. But this time the winner indeed, is a loser. So, as far as I'm concerned practiced types of airplanes may be more reliable than those new productions for about a couple of years or so. Remember many high altitude upset accidents of Learjets in the past. They were among the best corporate jets as far as performance concerned but they used to need most challenging pilots with almost no-mistake zone. Now, with delta fins, winglets, boundery layer energizers and etc, an avarege pilot is able to fly safely on all types of Lears. They are still at the top, this time both, performance wise and safety wise. Remember the problems of the deicing boots of ATRs and the detailed process aftermath and the uncommanded rudder / yaw problems of Boeing 737 jetliners that all caused fatal accidents and have left many lonely loving hearts behind. All corrected later on, but after the lotteries have hit winners (losers). Remember! those aviators are martyrs of aviation and their blood have shed brightest light to new discoveries of aviation technology. Aeronautical science shall prevail". |
| The Author, Captain USKENT, serving as a Commander Pilot (Captain in Charge) in one of the Flag Carrier airlines of the old "SPACESHIP THE EARTH" is a holder of FAA and TCAA ATP & CFI & IP licences. Regarding the large category transport airplanes, has been type rated on: Airbus-310/300 & 200, NG Boeing-737/800, Boeing-737 / 400&500, British Aerospace-146 (Avro-100), Challenger-601/3A, Learjet-60, Learjet-55C, Learjet-35A, Caravelle-210, Grumman's S-2 Having extensive worldwide experience in all aspects of aviation, he also served as an international corporate jet flight department manager, senior and chief pilot that was all on top of his Naval Aviation career, as a Tactical Aircraft Commander, Test, instructor & Check Pilot. Additional education in School of Journalism inhanced his writing proficiency. |
| WORTHY QUOTES FROM THE SKIPPER: |
| APR.17.2009 |
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| BE PREPARED TO EARN YOUR WINGS BY YOUR SPIRITS! Why not to earn your wings by your souls ! Aware or unaware everyone has kind of essence of aviation in his/her blood in various degrees. You may think that, you have to be around aircraft or aviation assets any way you can, for the essence to surface out. You also may think just liking planes and aviation assets isn't enough that you need to be commited to flying activities. Even though somehow you might be stuck on the ground, you might as well have a passion for flying ready to be ignited and grow. Nevertheless, remember that everyone of us has already been flying as one of the countless passengers of the spaceship the earth flying with an avarage speed of 107.000 kph. If you can realize what I mean, maybe then I could say; " You may earn your wings by your souls !" Maybe then you'll all know how it feels to fly high up in the sky, either in the atmosphere of spaceship the earth through mother nature or in the infinite and charming space in a human made spacecraft. So simple is to earn your wings by your spirits. Just keep reading on. I promise, you'll all be satisfied with your spiritually earned wings. |
WELCOME dear folks and colleagues... Flying Thru Nature (Copyright) sites, has been prepared with the sole purpose of promoting the souls of the airmen who have lost their lives during the conduct of their career of aviation & aerospace technology, simply in an effort and for the sake of sheding the light of aviation to further discoveries and researches to enhance flight safety and is also open to every airman, woman or to every single fan of aviation.. Prerequisites of fine airmenship necessitate : Have a full situation awareness, Obviate possible dangerous contingencies that might be lurking to occur, Ameliorate the worsening situation and the drawbacks thereof, Manifest the best possible judgement and behavior when the deteriorating situation is just incipient, Reach ultimate full recovery by; "Sound judgement", "Fine and cool crew coordination" and "Confidence". Those are a few prerequisites for a SAFE BREAKTHROUGH out of "Catastrophic Emergencies" as well as fine airmenship.. No doubt to tell about a good bit of chance. We all owe immeasurable respects to the nameless heroes who have lost their lives so far. Every single drop of blood lost by those martyrs has been a vital beam of light that enlighted "spiritually and intellectually" the unknown characteristics of high and fast flying, combat flying and all weather transport flying of their individual times.. No matter those heroes were whether test pilots, any kind of General Aviation, Airline, Commuter,Charter, Military or Private pilots.. They all have contributed to the development of todays sophisticated Aviation & Aerospace technology and Aviation Safety. As you may all guess, unfortunate inflight occurences such as mishaps, fatal or non-fatal accidents are fully investigated by related authorities in the aftermath. Whether or not final conclusions reflect pilot error, consequent highly precious findings are issued for the rest of aviation community, beaming a light to vital "what should have been done"s and "what should not have been done"s for each specific case and for the sake of future flights.. |
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