Use of Rudder
The use of rudder by the flight crew on Airbus aircraft is limited to the takeoff and landing roll, crosswind landings, or to counteract the yaw effect caused by an engine failure until the rudder is trimmed. Several events have been reported where the flight crew used rudder inputs after encountering turbulence, causing unnecessary trajectory […]
29th Flight Safety Conference
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Wake Vortices
All aircraft generate wake vortices, also known as wake turbulence, which continue to be evident far behind the generating aircraft. Another aircraft crossing this wake may feel a sharp and brief turbulence which can be strong under some circumstances. Let’s review the specific characteristics of wake vortices’ and how pilots should react in case of […]
28th Flight Safety Conference
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Turbulence Management – A Focus on Communication
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Meteorology Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpekvItjrIc Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qD3_utghuk International standard versus real atmosphere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMdfu1-RzFs A focus on tropopause https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MqvmX7CG0 General circulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neX3IFHnJ8M Ice crystals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_zbD2EXO2I Airframe icing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4nuOVp8uMo Clouds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRsuGICE1Js Turbulence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSY7STQd4hs Turbulence – Low
Optimum use of weather radar
In recent years, there have been a number of flights where passengers or crew suffered injuries due to severe turbulence. In some other instances, the aircraft structure was substantially damaged following a hailstorm encounter. Clearly adverse weather can pose a threat to the safe and comfortable completion of a flight, thus it needs to be […]