What devices do pilots use?

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Cockpit crews used to include a navigator, who would calculate position via maps, dead reckoning, later the LORAN radio system. Landmarks, both physical and radio. Also, with certain flight paths, there was even celestial navigation used (navigating using the stars).

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Now, every pilot has an electronic flight bag (EFB). To be effective, the EFB needs inflight Wi-Fi to download charts and access real time weather and traffic updates. Surprisingly, not all cockpits have inflight Wi-Fi.

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A pilot may not use his or her phone for non-flight related tasks during takeoff, landing, or while flying under 10,000. Upon reaching cruising altitude the pilot is free to use their phone at their own discretion. This is, however, the FAA policy so for commercial pilots it may vary company to company.

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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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Young women and girls aren't exposed enough to aviation opportunities, she said, and their ambitions can be cut short by the cost of pursuing an aviation career or the challenges of balancing work and family.

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Airline pilots take turns using the bathroom nearest the cockpit during a flight. There are no bathrooms installed in the cockpit. For airplanes with a single pilot, diapers, catheters, or collection devices are used if they are unable to land to use the airport bathroom.

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Moreover, depending on how much the person drinks, 12 hours may not always be enough for the alcohol to be completely flushed from the pilot's system. Thankfully, the FAA thinks of everything. The pilot alcohol limit is anything less than. 03 percent blood alcohol content (BAC).

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Use of visual entertainment such as movies, television programs, video games, etc., is not allowed for a flight crew as they are required to maintain visual scanning outside the aircraft, if able, for situational awareness and collision avoidance.

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Whether traveling internationally or not, pilots and flight attendants always carry their passports. Most airlines require their crews to keep their passports with them at work.

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