Sleep Inertia – Can we avoid it ?
Even after a long and well rested night, we may be groggy, disoriented, not fully awake during a more or less long period. It is sleep inertia. As a pilot, you can sometimes experience sleep inertia after a nap in the cockpit or a rest in the crew rest compartment. This video explains “why” the […]
Ensuring a Correct Aircraft Technical Configuration
Flying on an aircraft with an incorrect aircraft technical configuration can cause unexpected system behaviors that could lead to an accident or a serious incident. This can occur when an aircraft is dispatched with a computer standard that is not authorized to be installed on that aircraft. Incorrect technical configuration or documentation can also create […]
Use of Thrust Reversers
This video provides a short briefing about the use of thrust reversers. Thrust reversers are one of the ways to decelerate the aircraft. In this briefing we will see how to correctly use them.
Editorial – A Tribute to Bernard Ziegler
by Yannick MALINGE – SVP & Chief Product Safety Officer
Engine Failure after V1
The purpose of this video is to recall the correct technique to manage an engine failure at or after V1. And, with the help of this maneuver, to improve the trainee’s competence in managing the airplane’s flight path through manual control.
Take Care of the Wheel Tie Bolts
A significant number of missing wheel tie bolts have been reported to Airbus over the last 5 years. A few of these reports have described significant damage to the wheel or brakes. Carefully checking the condition of the wheel tie bolts during aircraft walkarounds can allow detection of missing or damaged bolts and help to […]
What about Engine Stall?
This briefing deals with the Engine Stall, the way to detect and to recognize it, and the way to manage this phenomenon.
News: A Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents 1958-2020
The latest Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents is available and updated with 2020 figures. In a year that saw half the number of flights of the previous year, there were still three fatal accidents and six hull losses. The industry fatal accident and hull loss rates are steadily decreasing over time, but this trend […]
Unreliable Airspeed at Takeoff
Since the beginning of 2020, Airbus has received an increasing number of reports of unreliable airspeed events at takeoff due to Pitot probe obstruction. Despite the existing prevention means and the preflight exterior walkaround, takeoffs with obstructed air data probes may happen. This article highlights why it is so important for pilots to actively monitor […]
Good Practices of Operations Engineering Bulletin (OEB) Management in Airlines
This video is a presentation that was prepared for Flight Ops Regional Conferences. It is dedicated to the Airline’s Flight Operations but is also useful for the instructors. The aim of this presentation is to share in-service feedback and Airbus experience that tend to show that for various reasons, OEB management in Airlines (both in […]