Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Transcript:00:00 Verbal Reasoning03:27 Paper and Digital Manuals10:31 How to Use13:05 What is Included16:29 Why have a Manual20:32 MEL27:59 SOPs37:22 The Manuals Sat Next To YouEpisode transcript, links, reading and notes here.Accidents - Titan Airways Biocide Treatment. BA5390 (Pilot Sucked Out).Further Reading:First Light - Geoffrey Wellum (Wikipedia)Fate Is the Hunter - Ernest K. Gann (Wikipedia)
TCAS (00:55:55)
TCAS - Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System. Airline mid-air collisions. How pilots avoid hitting other aircraft.Accidents - Überlingen Mid-Air Collision and Linate Airport Disaster.Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.00:00 Transcript Start03:42 What Does TCAS Do12:57 Why TCAS, History16:40 Faults23:25 Linate Airport Disaster 200125:23 Future29:18 Uberlingen Mid-Air Collision
ILS (00:46:08)
ILS Instrument Landing System. How an airline pilot uses an ILS, a technical description and ILS limitations. Accident - Korean Air Flight 801 in Guam.Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. 00:00 Transcript Start03:42 Description 09:35 Die Hard10:23 Technical Description 21:32 Manual Flight26:22 Typical ILS34:48 Korean Air Flight 801
Circling (00:48:41)
Circling Approaches. Circling approach use and risks. Accident - Air China 129.Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.00:00 Transcript Start00:47 What is Circling09:33 Why Bother11:18 Circling vs Visual Approach19:41 Workload and Task Sharing25:46 Challenging Weather34:30 Air China 129
Landing Gear (00:54:57)
Aircraft Landing Gear. Use and design. Landing gear failure. Accident LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 - 767 Belly LandingVisit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.00:00 Use and Problems08:00 Large Landing Gear12:48 Weight on Wheels Sensor15:27 Walk Around18:06 Nose Gear22:18 Landing Gear Failures24:46 Landing Gear Drag26:55 Gear Limitations31:27 Gear Pins35:23 LOT Flight 16 Belly Landing
Sioux City (01:31:29)
Airline Accident Sioux City United 232. A successful accident, an example of the positive effect CRM (Crew Resource Management). Accident analysis, history of CRM. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.00:00 Transcript Start09:39 Explosion15:58 CRM History21:00 Flight Controls31:04 Communication40:50 Disaster Plan43:26 Jan Brown Senior48:00 Denny Fitch60:25 Japan Airlines 12363:09 Phugoid69:13 Landing85:38 DHL Baghdad87:51 Ending
Airline Pilot Selection (00:56:09)
Airline pilot selection processes general introduction. Airline selection as a risk exercise. Research, Replicate, Repeat. Evidence for competencies. Typical airline selection process, online and written applications, aptitude and maths testing, interview and group exercises, simulator assessments.More Airline Pilot Selection episodes available including: Why do you want to be an Airline Pilot?Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.Episode Outline:00:00 - Intro01:26 - Risk Assessment07:24 - Research Replicate Repeat33:38 - Online and Written Applications41:14 - Aptitude, Maths, Interview and Group Exercises49:19 - Simulator Assessments52:31 - Anyone Can Pass
Altimetry (00:44:22)
Altitude, altimetry and altimeters. Altitude as a concept. Barometric and radio altimetry. Accident - Aeroperú Flight 603, Dambusters.Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.Episode Outline:00:00 - Intro01:24 - Altitude04:33 - Pressure Altimetry 21:13 - Radio Altimeters30:20 - Aeroperú Flight 60339:06 - Dambusters
Oxygen (01:06:12)
Oxygen. Airline pilot theory, physiology of hypoxia, aircraft pressurisation, slow and rapid decompression, emergency descents and emergency oxygen systems. Accident - Helios Airways Flight 522.Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.Episode Outline:00:00 - Intro01:18 - Physiology11:44 - Cabin Pressurisation 14:52 - Sams Experience of Slow Depressurisation19:32 - Rapid Decompression28:46 - Kalitta 6636:28 - Emergency Descent39:08 - Emergency Oxygen Systems45:48 - Helios Airways 52264:04 - Ending
Why do you want to be an Airline Pilot? (00:41:18)
Airline pilot selection, airline interviews. Interview question: ‘Why do you want to be an AIrline Pilot?’ Why do you want to work for us? Answering this question in written applications and interviews. Evidence vs emotion, answering by demonstrating competencies.Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.Episode Outline:00:00 - Intro00:57 - Your Childhood Dreams?03:14 - Evidence and Competencies23:11 - Competency Based Answers27:09 - Preparation36:18 - Why are you an Airline Pilot?
Windshear (00:41:57)
Aircraft Windshear. Windshear and microburst phenomenon. Windshear hazard to aircraft, aircraft recovery. Accident - Delta 191Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.Episode Outline:00:00 - Intro04:00 - Microbursts14:16 - Predictive and Reactive Windshear22:13 - Prevention28:20 - Delta 191
Sleep and Fatigue (00:48:42)
Airline Pilot Sleep and Fatigue. Sleep as a skill. Risks of fatigue. Accident - Colgan Flight 3407.Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.Episode Outline:00:00 - Intro00:50 - Why Sleep and Fatigue09:44 - Sleep in Society15:08 - Conditions for Sleep18:15 - Circadian Rhythm20:39 - Rules and Regulation, Rostering and Commuting25:49 - Sleep and Fatigue in Practice32:10 - Apollo 1134:14 - Colgan Flight 340746:57 - Ending
Jet Engines (00:51:47)
Airline Jet Engines. Airline pilot theory and jet engine operation. Accident - British Airways 09, Jakarta Incident, "all four engines have failed".Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi.Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here.Episode Outline:00:00 - Introduction00:26 - Axial Flow and Bypass size01:14 - Principle of Jet Power02:25 - History, Whittle and War06:30 - Centrifugal Engine Evolution07:52 - Jet Engine Technical Description10:42 - Components10:59 - Compressors14:32 - Combustion Chamber16:20 - Turbine18:53 - Summary of Airflow and Engineering20:02 - Pilots Point of View24:56 - Jet Engines as Hazards26:19 - Systems29:15 - Engine Failure31:58 - British Airways 0950:08 - Outro
