I saw you have a Category in your site on Pilot Career > Aptitude Tests.
I stumbled across a RAF Sample Aptitude Test which I feel would be useful for aspiring pilots who have never done this before, to actually have a feel of what it’s like.
My son has only 2 'O' levels and presently serving the military, due to complete in Dec 13.
He wants to become a pilot. I have been asking around and the soundest advice is like this:-
Academically, he is unlikely to be sponsored by an airline. The next best option is to go to a flying school and get a PPL / CPL (IR), either in Singapore or Malaysia.
After attaining CPL (IR) then try to apply for a pilot's post in any airline.
Do you think Boeing's solution to the battery problem is good enough? They claimed the revised set-up is 110% now. Of course they were also fully confident in the original 787 battery and we know that didn't turn out well...
It appears they've decided to mitigate any potential fire hazard (by placing the battery in a steel case) as opposed to eradicating the problem altogether.
Boeing admits that it never found the root cause...if it never found the root cause that of course means that they'd struggle to eradicate the problem.
But do you not think they should have scrapped the new batteries completely and resorted to the old reliable?
Are airliners being refuelled only from one side of the aircraft, namely the right wing? If so, do pilots transfer fuel from one tank to another on the ground as part of their pre-flight preparation?
Is it true that a heavy aircraft, fully loaded with cargo, passengers, baggage; centre tank full with fuel but empty wing tanks, could snap its wings upon take off?
Air France 447: Final report on what brought airliner down
Hi Capt Lim,
Please let me understand the following if someone knows: Given that the autopilot detected the pitot tube failure, why it didn’t follow the standard procedure? (Adjust the angle of attack and put the engine power to the right level?)
What the documentary states is that it just disengaged
