Don’t touch the Safety Briefing card!
If you ever actually paid attention to the safety briefing on board an aircraft (WHICH YOU SHOULD!!!), you have heard that the cabin crew urges you to consult the “safety briefing card in the seat…
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Finding the start button at night
The bread vending machine at the end of my street has recently been upgraded. They have installed a module accepting wireless payments. Which is great because I never have enough coins in my pocket! However…
Aviation
Engine shut down instead of flaps reduced
A so far unknown Airbus A320-200, unknown flight from Berlin (Germany) to an unknown destination, was in the initial climb out of one of Berlin’s airports when the pilot flying ordered the flaps to be…
Aviation Work-As-Done
Strange de-icing mixture
A few weeks ago, we performed a de-icing. After completion, the coordinator reported a 33% fluid/water mixture. Unfortunately, the ACARS reporting form only allows selecting 100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75 mixtures – which are by the…
Aviation Work-As-Done
A NOTAM for a NOTAM
The way pilots receive aeronautical information today is based on a system that was designed in the 1920s. There are simply too many NOTAMs and the format is outdated. Duplicating information (e.g. on the use…
Aviation Work-As-Done
Wrong take-off calculation!
Did you know that every time an aircraft takes off, it is based on the assumption that it will experience an engine failure?! That’s why pilots perform a detailed take-off calculation before each departure. This…
Aviation Work-As-Done
Pushback hindered by a catering truck
Look at how this pushback truck needs to manoeuver around the white truck (I removed the markings) to reach our aircraft. As you can see, the truck is parked outside of the so-called staging area…
Aviation Work-As-Done
APU inoperative (INOP sticker)
Whenever a system is inoperative, pilots or mechanics apply a so-called ‘INOP sticker’ to the associated controls (switch or pushbutton) as a reminder not to operate the system. unfortunately, the stickers are often coloured red…
Aviation Work-As-Done
New airport information styling
During flight operations, pilots heavily rely on navigation charts. Two well-known chart providers are LIDO and Jeppesen. They gather all available aeronautical information from different sources and present them in a standardised format Recently LIDO…