Into the New Year with More Cockpits and Flight Decks
The Boeing 727 tri-jet was the object of our desires, our new girlfriend, we needed to know her, and love her. Well, not really, but if we wanted to be hired permanently, we had to learn it inside and out, literally. It was a test, a weeding out process. It was often compared to boot camp, only mental instead of physical.
From Cockpits to Flightdecks
To be a pilot it is required to know what every control, gauge, switch and circuit breaker does. That is part of the fun of learning to fly. As the airplanes get bigger and faster, there are more engines, more systems and more controls and gauges.