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Flight Crew Activities During a Typical Flight

Explore the activities of flight crew from sign-in to terminal departure, including updates on NextGen features and changes. Learn about pre-flight tasks, gate departure, in-flight procedures, and evolution towards more precise operations.

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Flight Crew Activities During a Typical Flight

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  1. Flight Crew ActivitiesDuring a Typical Flight Seungwon Noh Feb. 2012

  2. Airline Flight Operation Aircraft & Support equipment Safety • Cockpit & Cabin crews Airline/ Air carriers Economics Customer Service • Maintenance &Ground service personnel

  3. Typical flight phases

  4. Flight crew activities • Flight Crew Sign-in • Sign in 1hour prior to the departure • Operation/Planning • Best routing • Flight plan contains routing, weather, alternate airport, fuel requirements, etc. • Examined by flight crew Summary A/C, Time Routing Sample Flight Plan

  5. Flight crew activities • Pre-flight • Preparing the aircraft for departure • FMS & Autoflight initialization • Pre-departure • Finalizing FMS & Autoflight parameters • Receive confirmation of the flight’s routing from ATC FMS Control Display Unit

  6. Flight crew activities • Gate Departure • Ready for moving the aircraft out of gate area (Ramp) • Start Engines • Taxi-out • Get taxi clearance and routing to the active runway (Ground) • Takeoff • Get takeoff clearance and takeoff (Local) F/C: Ramp. Speedbird 177, request push back. Ramp: Speedbird 177, clear to push to face East. F/C: Speedbird 177, clear push, face East. (Change the radio frequency.) F/C: Ground, Speedbird 177, taxi. Ground: Speedbird 177, clear taxi. Give way to a company 757 on your left, follow the parallel taxiway for 27L. (Change the radio frequency.) F/C: Tower, Speedbird 177 is with you. Tower: Speedbird 177, roger. I’ll call you back, you’re number three. Tower: Speedbird 177, after departing Air India line up and hold 27L.

  7. Flight crew activities • Terminal Area Departure • Follow certain standard departure procedure • Using an autopilot Mode Control Panel • Climb • Continuously monitor aircraft performance • Coordinate an optimal cruise altitude and speed with ATC • Cruise • Monitor flight path, maintain fuel balance, communication with ATC/AOCC • Prepare for the possibility of diversioin

  8. Changes after NextGen • Major Features of NextGen • Required Navigational Perfromance • Dependent Surveillance (ADS-B) • Digital Communication • Area Navigation (RNAV) / 4D Trajectories • Changes • More precise routing, departure and landing • Share accurate location of aircrafts • Reduce voice communication • Optimal routing

  9. Summary

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