I first met Mr. Catchpole (Mr. Hugh Catchpole S. Pk., MBE. CBE) in the summer of 1959 when I had applied for entry into the Pakistan Air Force Public School at Sargodha from a newspaper advertisement in the Pakistan Times in Lahore. He was the Principal of the school. Before the written test, my…
“We all know to increase airspeed in gusty potential wind-shear conditions. But the question is how much? When experiencing a large and abrupt decease in airspeed, the ground speed stays constant. If an airplane has a normal approach reference airspeed of 120 knots and is flying into 20-knots headwind, its ground speed is 100 knots.…
One thing that has always helped make the airline industry strong and safe is the concept that pilot’s all captain’s authority. What that means is we have a measure of autonomy, the ability to make an independent, professional judgment within the framework of professional standards. The problem today is that pilots are viewed differently. Over…
Sabre F-86F-40-NA Role: Fighter National origin: United States Manufacturer: North American Aviation First flight: 1 October 1947 Introduction: 1949, with USAF Retired: 1994, Bolivia Primary users United States Air Force; Japan Air Self-Defense Force; Spanish Air Force; Republic of Korea Air Force Number built: 9,860 Unit cost: US$219,457 (F-86E) Developed from: North American FJ-1…
On 25 July 2000 at 1443 GMT, the tyre of the number 2 wheel of Concorde F-BTSC burst during take-off. This set in motion a train of events that resulted in the destruction of Concorde 203. Two minutes after starting the take-off roll, the aircraft crashed on to a hotel at Gonesse, 8 km to…
In training to be a pilot on the four Cessna 150 airplanes of Pakistan International Airlines Flying Training Academy at Karachi Airport, Pakistan from May 1967 to May 1969, the only mishap encountered was when one fellow pilot trainee while low flying (prohibited), beat up a truck in the training area, hit it with the nose…
Pakistan 801 [Eight Zero One] 21 March 1982 Sector: Orly (Paris)–Logan (Boston)– JFK (New York) 1235-2200; 0135-0250Z; AP-AWY, B707-340C Cockpit Crew Captain S.M. Husain First Officer Asif Akhtar Flight Engineer Mahmood Cabin Crew Flight Steward Commercial airliners have been lost when the pilot(s) hesitated in making a decision such as the Avianca’s B707 lost in…
Do you have any ideas about how airlines might assess this ‘cultural fit’ factor better? The following are excerpts from Human Factors studies at ERAU, DB: “In an environment where the culture is strong, people may tend to go along to get along creating a phenomenon known as [group think]. Group think was described by Irving…
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