The Pilot's Guide to the Modern Airline Cockpit introduces you to the exciting world of cockpit automation the cockpit displays and computers that have replaced the conventional flight instruments and navigation systems found in older-generation airplanes. Pilots transitioning to the airlines seldom realize that they will have to put their instrument flying skills to work using modern cockpit technology. This book gives you a head start on learning this exciting new aspect of airline flying.

Unlike conventional flight training manuals, The Pilot's Guide places you in the captain's seat and takes you step-by-step through a challenging line flight. After programming your flight route using the flight management computer, learn how to use the airplane's auto flight system to help automatically guide you along the route you have built. Discover how to deal with realistic en route scenarios: vectors, holds, diversions, intercepts, traffic, surrounding terrain, and many others. Along the way, learn how cockpit automation can potentially help or hinder you while you and your crewmate work as a team to decide the best way to fly the airplane.

Deals with realistic enroute scenarios:

• Vectors
• Holds
• Diversions
• Intercepts
• Traffic
• Surrounding terrain
• And many others

Author profile: Stephen M. Casner, Ph.D., is a research scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with type ratings in the Boeing 737 and Cessna Citation. Casner is a Gold Seal Certified Flight Instructor with instrument and multiengine ratings.

Softcover: 168 pages, Indexed, Illustrated