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Slide 2 Flight Crew Activities During a Typical Flight Seungwon Noh Feb. 2012 Slide 3 Airline Flight Operation Safety Economics Customer Service Aircraft & Support equipment Cockpit & Cabin crews Maintenance &Ground service personnel Airline/ Air carriers Slide 4 Typical flight phases Slide 5 Flight crew activities Flight Crew Sign-in Sign in 1hour prior to the departure Operation/Planning Best routing Flight plan contains routing, weather, alternate airport, fuel requirements, etc. Examined by flight crew Sample Flight Plan Routing Summary A/C, Time Slide 6 Flight crew activities Pre-flight Preparing the aircraft for departure FMS & Autoflight initialization Pre-departure Finalizing FMS & Autoflight parameters Receive confirmation of the flights routing from ATC FMS Control Display Unit Slide 7 F/C: Ramp. Speedbird 177, request push back. Ramp: Speedbird 177, clear to push to face East. F/C: Speedbird 177, clear push, face East. (Change the radio frequency.) F/C: Ground, Speedbird 177, taxi. Ground: Speedbird 177, clear taxi. Give way to a company 757 on your left, follow the parallel taxiway for 27L. (Change the radio frequency.) F/C: Tower, Speedbird 177 is with you. Tower: Speedbird 177, roger. Ill call you back, youre number three. Tower: Speedbird 177, after departing Air India line up and hold 27L. Flight crew activities Gate Departure Ready for moving the aircraft out of gate area (Ramp) Start Engines Taxi-out Get taxi clearance and routing to the active runway (Ground) Takeoff Get takeoff clearance and takeoff (Local) Slide 8 Flight crew activities Terminal Area Departure Follow certain standard departure procedure Using an autopilot Mode Control Panel Climb Continuously monitor aircraft performance Coordinate an optimal cruise altitude and speed with ATC Cruise Monitor flight path, maintain fuel balance, communication with ATC/AOCC Prepare for the possibility of diversioin Slide 9 Changes after NextGen Major Features of NextGen Required Navigational Perfromance Dependent Surveillance (ADS-B) Digital Communication Area Navigation (RNAV) / 4D Trajectories Changes More precise routing, departure and landing Share accurate location of aircrafts Reduce voice communication Optimal routing Slide 10 Summary