SonicZoom87 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 30 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 8 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 987 times:
I'm a fan of aviation but have not yet taken courses of piloting and navigation.
This questions I would like for pilots to answer of anyone that is informed of such. Basic qustions probably for pilots but sure interesting for fans like me.
1) Do pilots turn off their navigational screens for "visual approaches"?
2) Do pilots prefer to use ILS even when not necessary, maybe just for a little extra accuracy or informational help?
3) Who usually lands the aircraft? Pilot or Copilot? Is it whoever for just practice? or does one do takeoff and the other landing?
I know these must be very simple questions to answer but is always fun knowing the answers from professionals.
PhilSquares From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (7 years 8 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 955 times:
1) All the screens stay on and all the information is displayed just as if you're doing an ILS/LOC/VOR approach. However, the flight director is turned off.
2) Normally, the ILS is left on, just for reference.
3) Depends on the airline. However, generally speaking you take turns. One pilot flies the first leg, takeoff and landing. Then the other pilot does the next leg, and so on. Usually, you do the takeoff and the landing. Some airlines have weather minimums where the Capt would have to do the landing.
Flykal From Australia, joined Sep 2003, 441 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (7 years 8 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 920 times:
As PhilSquares stated, usually we do takeoffs and landings in turns, or there will be times when one pilot will do the takeoff, the other the landing and so on.
Quoting Oly720man (Reply 2): Does it also depend on the airport?
Yes. There are some particular airports here in the south of Korea for example where only the captain can land the aircraft - usually because of a particularly short runway for a B737-800.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time
N405MX From Mexico, joined May 2004, 1378 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (7 years 8 months 1 day ago) and read 780 times:
Quoting Flykal (Reply 3): As PhilSquares stated, usually we do takeoffs and landings in turns, or there will be times when one pilot will do the takeoff, the other the landing and so on.
I remember a crew, with about 4 flights together, they where switching take offs and landings so they had the same number (2 take offs, 2 landings each, etc)
Sometimes the captain let the f/o to do the job if he´s in training or new in the plane/company.
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