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Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Transcript: 00:00 Verbal Reasoning 03:27 Paper and Digital Manuals 10:31 How to Use 13:05 What is Included 16:29 Why have a Manual 20:32 MEL 27:59 SOPs 37:22 The Manuals Sat Next To You Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. Accidents - Titan Airways Biocide Treatment. BA5390 (Pilot Sucked Out). Further Reading: First Light - Geoffrey Wellum (Wikipedia) Fate Is the Hunter - Ernest K. Gann (Wikipedia)

TCAS - Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System. Airline mid-air collisions. How pilots avoid hitting other aircraft. Accidents - Überlingen Mid-Air Collision and Linate Airport Disaster. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. 00:00 Transcript Start 03:42 What Does TCAS Do 12:57 Why TCAS, History 16:40 Faults 23:25 Linate Airport Disaster 2001 25:23 Future 29:18 Uberlingen Mid-Air Collision

ILS Instrument Landing System. How an airline pilot uses an ILS, a technical description and ILS limitations. Accident - Korean Air Flight 801 in Guam. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. 00:00 Transcript Start 03:42 Description 09:35 Die Hard 10:23 Technical Description 21:32 Manual Flight 26:22 Typical ILS 34:48 Korean Air Flight 801

Circling Approaches. Circling approach use and risks. Accident - Air China 129. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. 00:00 Transcript Start 00:47 What is Circling 09:33 Why Bother 11:18 Circling vs Visual Approach 19:41 Workload and Task Sharing 25:46 Challenging Weather 34:30 Air China 129

Aircraft Landing Gear. Use and design. Landing gear failure. Accident LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 - 767 Belly Landing Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. 00:00 Use and Problems 08:00 Large Landing Gear 12:48 Weight on Wheels Sensor 15:27 Walk Around 18:06 Nose Gear 22:18 Landing Gear Failures 24:46 Landing Gear Drag 26:55 Gear Limitations 31:27 Gear Pins 35:23 LOT Flight 16 Belly Landing

Airline Accident Sioux City United 232. A successful accident, an example of the positive effect CRM (Crew Resource Management). Accident analysis, history of CRM. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. 00:00 Transcript Start 09:39 Explosion 15:58 CRM History 21:00 Flight Controls 31:04 Communication 40:50 Disaster Plan 43:26 Jan Brown Senior 48:00 Denny Fitch 60:25 Japan Airlines 123 63:09 Phugoid 69:13 Landing 85:38 DHL Baghdad 87:51 Ending

Airline pilot selection processes general introduction. Airline selection as a risk exercise. Research, Replicate, Repeat. Evidence for competencies. Typical airline selection process, online and written applications, aptitude and maths testing, interview and group exercises, simulator assessments. More Airline Pilot Selection episodes available including: Why do you want to be an Airline Pilot? Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. Episode Outline: 00:00 - Intro 01:26 - Risk Assessment 07:24 - Research Replicate Repeat 33:38 - Online and Written Applications 41:14 - Aptitude, Maths, Interview and Group Exercises 49:19 - Simulator Assessments 52:31 - Anyone Can Pass

Altitude, altimetry and altimeters. Altitude as a concept. Barometric and radio altimetry. Accident - Aeroperú Flight 603, Dambusters. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. Episode Outline: 00:00 - Intro 01:24 - Altitude 04:33 - Pressure Altimetry 21:13 - Radio Altimeters 30:20 - Aeroperú Flight 603 39:06 - Dambusters

Oxygen. Airline pilot theory, physiology of hypoxia, aircraft pressurisation, slow and rapid decompression, emergency descents and emergency oxygen systems. Accident - Helios Airways Flight 522. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. Episode Outline: 00:00 - Intro 01:18 - Physiology 11:44 - Cabin Pressurisation 14:52 - Sams Experience of Slow Depressurisation 19:32 - Rapid Decompression 28:46 - Kalitta 66 36:28 - Emergency Descent 39:08 - Emergency Oxygen Systems 45:48 - Helios Airways 522 64:04 - Ending

Airline pilot selection, airline interviews. Interview question: ‘Why do you want to be an AIrline Pilot?’ Why do you want to work for us? Answering this question in written applications and interviews. Evidence vs emotion, answering by demonstrating competencies. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. Episode Outline: 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Your Childhood Dreams? 03:14 - Evidence and Competencies 23:11 - Competency Based Answers 27:09 - Preparation 36:18 - Why are you an Airline Pilot?

Aircraft Windshear. Windshear and microburst phenomenon. Windshear hazard to aircraft, aircraft recovery. Accident - Delta 191 Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. Episode Outline: 00:00 - Intro 04:00 - Microbursts 14:16 - Predictive and Reactive Windshear 22:13 - Prevention 28:20 - Delta 191

Airline Pilot Sleep and Fatigue. Sleep as a skill. Risks of fatigue. Accident - Colgan Flight 3407. Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. Episode Outline: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Why Sleep and Fatigue 09:44 - Sleep in Society 15:08 - Conditions for Sleep 18:15 - Circadian Rhythm 20:39 - Rules and Regulation, Rostering and Commuting 25:49 - Sleep and Fatigue in Practice 32:10 - Apollo 11 34:14 - Colgan Flight 3407 46:57 - Ending

Airline Jet Engines. Airline pilot theory and jet engine operation. Accident - British Airways 09, Jakarta Incident, "all four engines have failed". Visit getstripes.co or email us to say hi. Episode transcript, links, reading and notes here. Episode Outline: 00:00 - Introduction 00:26 - Axial Flow and Bypass size 01:14 - Principle of Jet Power 02:25 - History, Whittle and War 06:30 - Centrifugal Engine Evolution 07:52 - Jet Engine Technical Description 10:42 - Components 10:59 - Compressors 14:32 - Combustion Chamber 16:20 - Turbine 18:53 - Summary of Airflow and Engineering 20:02 - Pilots Point of View 24:56 - Jet Engines as Hazards 26:19 - Systems 29:15 - Engine Failure 31:58 - British Airways 09 50:08 - Outro