What can you ask a pilot?

5 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an Airline Pilot
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  • What's the strangest thing you've seen in the sky during a flight? ...
  • What do you do when the automatic pilot is on? ...
  • Does turbulence bother pilots as much as it does passengers?




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Pilots typically do the following:
  • Check the overall condition of the aircraft before and after every flight.
  • Ensure that the aircraft is balanced and below its weight limit.
  • Verify that the fuel supply is adequate and that weather conditions are acceptable.
  • Prepare and submit flight plans to air traffic control.


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What do pilots like to do for fun?
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  • Play pranks. Shutterstock. ...
  • Listen to the radio. Shutterstock. ...
  • Karaoke (kind of). Shutterstock. ...
  • Eat. Shutterstock. ...
  • Take selfies.


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  • Pilots may spend long periods of time away from home. ...
  • As a food poisoning prevention measure, pilots are forbidden from eating shellfish while on duty. ...
  • The captain is allowed to arrest people, write fines and even take the will of a dying passenger.
  • Although music is recommended while flying, the pilots do not count.


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Affirm: Contrary to popular belief, pilots do not say “affirmative” when they mean yes – the correct term is affirm, pronounced “AY-firm.”

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If distress, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAY-DAY; if urgency, PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN, PAN-PAN.

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Pilots' conversations are often associated with the company they work for, and having pilots from other airlines allows them to discuss lifestyle and contractual topics with someone who shares their professional perspective from a different angle.

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The word heavy means a larger aircraft type, with a Maximum Takeoff Weight of 160 tonnes or more. These aircraft create wake turbulence from their wings and require extra separation between following aircraft, and the use of heavy reminds other pilots of that fact.

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Whether flying at night or during the day, pilots need to see some kind of horizon. They use this to determine the airplane's attitude. At night pilots will turn their gaze from outside to inside and use the artificial horizon. The artificial horizon is normally a simply globe split into two hemispheres.

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Pilots mostly pronounce numbers as in regular English but with a few exceptions. Zero (0) is always “zero,” not “oh.” Three (3) becomes “tree.” Five (5) becomes “fife.” Nine (9) becomes “niner.”

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Pilots say, “Mayday” when they are in need of assistance, usually in an emergency situation. That word is the English phonetic pronunciation of the French, “M'Aidez”, which, literally, means “Help me”.

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flight schedules for pilots. A minimum of 10 hours of rest is required between shifts. The pilot must have 8 hours of sleep during this period. Pilots must also have 30 consecutive hours of rest each week.

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How hard is a pilots life? Airline operations are nearly 24/7, 365-day-per-year operations. This means many weekends, holidays, early morning starts, and late-night finishes. Pilots lack control over these schedules, too, and we – at least at most airlines – operate on a schedule one month at a time.

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