Pilot Secrets NEVER Told To Passengers (Part 2)

Just when you thought you know enough about pilots, we are here to prove you wrong. In today’s video, we will look into “Pilot Secrets NEVER Told to Passengers”. #5 Pilots are nervous during Takeoff and landing Famously known as the “plus three, minus eight” rule, the first 3 minutes of flight and the last 8 mins before landing are the craziest phases of flying for pilots. Aviation experts claim that 80% of airplane accidents happen during those significant 11 minutes. Pilots consider the two phases of flight to be nerve wrecking. Fun Fact: The best pilots are known from their takeoff and landing skills! #4 Pilots don’t worry about turbulence Because pilots worry more about “updraft”, they don’t seem to give as much attention to turbulence. An “Updraft” is a phenomenon where warm air moves upwards during a thunderstorm. Pilots say that going through an updraft is like driving quickly on a giant speed hump without applying brakes! The reason updrafts are a huge risk to pilots, is because they are frequently not detected on plane radars, so pilots don’t anticipate when they will find one. An updraft can seriously push planes up or down or sometimes contribute to spinning the plane out of control! #3 Pilots and “George” like each other Autopilot or what Pilots refer to as “George” is a flight control system that allows pilots to fly planes without continuously having to punch buttons! Pilots claim that 90% of the flight can be flown using autopilot. The takeoff phase of flight is the ONLY phase that needs to be manually controlled by pilots. The rest of the flight post-takeoff can be flown using autopilot. Sometimes, pilots even choose to auto-land but 99% of the time, this is done manually. Even though the autopilot flight system controls the flight, pilots are always alert to make sure nothing goes out of control and that passengers enjoy a safe and smooth flight! And now we leave you with pilot’s lingo break! Let us know if you guessed the meaning behind the statements in the comments section: • “We have got a deadhead crew onboard” – This isn’t an insult as it sounds. It is an off-duty crew member flying onboard the plane. It can be a pilot or a flight attendant. • “It 17:00 Zulu time” – Pilots travel over different time zones in 1 trip, so in order to avoid confusion while communicating to air traffic controllers, they use the term Zulu or Greenwich mean time to communicate the time. • Pan-Pan – Pilots will never say this to passengers. It is only used while communicating with Air Traffic Controllers. When pilots want to get the air traffic controller attention for an emergency, they use the term “Pan-Pan”. Other pilots give this pilot the priority to speak and get his or her message across for emergency. #2 Pilots will never share the actual “Arrival Time” with passengers Pilots don’t often share the actual arrival and departure times that they have recorded in their system with passengers. This strategy is known as “Schedule Padding” and airlines are learning to use this extensively. Airlines often exaggerate how long the trip takes so that even when there is a delay, the plane still arrives on time. For example: if they say the trip duration is 2 hours, it can actually take 1 hour and 45 minutes ONLY. So next time when the pilots tell you we are landing before our scheduled time, remember, they have anyways logged in extra minutes to make it sound like they have an outstanding arrival on-time record! Good job pilots! #1 Pilots need to fly frequently to be able to fly Surprisingly, a pilot’s license never expires, but what actually expires is their “currency”, in other words, how recently they have flown an airplane or “recency of experience”. According to the Federal Aviation Authority, in order to maintain the “recency of experience”, pilots need to pass a semi-annual 2-day training every 9 months and in addition to this, they need to log at least 3 takeoffs and landings. If a pilot fails to meet the requirements from the Federal Aviation Authority, they then have to go back to simulator trainings! This means, your pilots are always flying so you are at a very low risk of airplane accidents. So, this is the end of today’s video! Comment down below if you have enjoyed the second part of our pilot series! If you haven’t watched our first one, please do and let us know what you would like to see next! We’ll see you in the next video!

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Length: 5min 0sec (300 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 31 2022