STAYINGAHEAD OF THE CURVE: KNOW YOUR SYSTEMS

摘要

Aircraft systems. We've all got 'em, but we don't always seem to know them, their operation or failure modes, according to a number of instructors and safety professionals. One such instructor (employed by a large international flight-training organization) noted the frequency with which he sees pilots arrive for recurrent training only to find them unprepared because of deficient knowledge of their aircraft's systems. In response, he used every conversation to stress the vital importance of knowing aircraft systems—to be, as one put it, "intimate with your aircraft, to understand how everything works and how all the different systems work together."