Good Flight School to Instruct at?
03-19-2008 | 05:28 AM
#31
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From: 7ER B...whatever that means.
I guess you haven't looked in the pointy end of an airliner since about 1984.Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but the CRJ, ERJ, E-Jets, Dash 8-Q400, Airbus 320, 330, 340, 380, Boeing 717, 737-500 to 900, 747-400, 757, 767, 777, the updated DC-8s. Not to mention lots of older models (MD-80, Saab 340, ATR) that are a hybrid steam gauge/glass cockpit (aka EFIS). Pretty much every modern airliner and every future airliner built has a glass cockpit. It's not important to train in a glass cockpit but i can guarantee that you will see them if you advance at all into the world of commercial aviation. Or stick around GA for into the near future.
EDITED: Inappropriate language.
03-19-2008 | 05:45 AM
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Maybe he just doesn't know what you mean by glass. Of course we don't mean real glass.
A glass cockpit is an aircraft cockpit that features electronic instrument displays. Where a traditional cockpit relies on numerous mechanical gauges to display information, a glass cockpit utilizes several computer displays that can be adjusted to display flight information as needed. This simplifies aircraft operation and navigation and allows pilots to focus only on the most pertinent information. They are also highly popular with airline companies as they usually eliminate the need to employ a flight engineer.
A glass cockpit is an aircraft cockpit that features electronic instrument displays. Where a traditional cockpit relies on numerous mechanical gauges to display information, a glass cockpit utilizes several computer displays that can be adjusted to display flight information as needed. This simplifies aircraft operation and navigation and allows pilots to focus only on the most pertinent information. They are also highly popular with airline companies as they usually eliminate the need to employ a flight engineer.
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