Flying durations software#
Modern flight and navigation software can compute this automatically for the pilot based upon a gps ground track, indicated airspeed, OAT and altitude. Since the difference between your ground track and the wind is 16 deg, your true headwind component is 200 * cos(16 deg) or 192.25 MTAS, which will yield a groundspeed of 307.75 mph. The upper level winds at cruising altitude are 200 MTAS coming from 081 magnetic. Let's say in the example above that you are flying at 500 MTAS on a ground track of 065 magnetic. Generally headwinds or tailwinds are not straight on the nose or tail, so a little trigonometry will be required to determine the direct headwind or tailwind component of the wind. If wind is sustained for entire duration, then it will take 10 hours to fly 3000 statute miles. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.If we take your sample problem of the aircraft flying at an airspeed of 500 mph and a 200 mph headwind (VERY strong headwind even for the jetstream but occasionally does happen) dead on the nose and steady, then, yes, your ground speed will be 300mph. The requirement change was reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal. The carrier is “having no trouble hiring pilots” and no trouble filling its training classes, Chief Executive Officer Bob Jordan said on a Jan.
“They’re having problems hiring them, they’re also having trouble keeping them.” “This is to address the shrinking pool of pilots interested in coming to Southwest,” said Casey Murray, head of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association. Along with other carriers, it’s expanding to take advantage of travel demand that has surged since the spring of 2021 as the pandemic waned. Southwest has been hampered by a pilot training bottleneck that’s left it unable to fully utilize all of its aircraft. Pilots generally have worked at regional airlines to build enough additional flying hours to apply at larger carriers. Southwest said in a statement that it hasn’t changed its flight operations training and “all current and future first officer candidates must pass all elements of the curriculum prior to flying for Southwest.”
Federal Aviation Administration rules require that a pilot have at least 1,500 hours of flight time, with slightly lower thresholds if people have military experience or certain academic credit. The new Southwest standard focusing on experience in high-performance aircraft doesn’t violate federal regulations, which only specify the requirement for flying time in any type of plane. The change “will ensure we can continue to be selective in hiring pilots who demonstrate Southwest’s values and have relevant experience across the board,” said the memo from three Southwest executives. Southwest is adding a net 1,700 pilots this year, after hiring about 1,000 in 2022. Most major carriers continue to hire aviators even after securing enough to fly current schedules, leaving a shortfall at regional airlines that has kept some aircraft grounded.
airline industry has been hobbled by a pilot shortage that intensified during and coming out of the pandemic. 2 memo to pilots, “will allow more highly-skilled aviators the opportunity to pursue a career at Southwest Airlines,” a spokeswoman said Saturday. 7, down from the 1,000 hours previously required, the airline confirmed Saturday. will reduce by half the amount of experience prospective pilots must have flying jet or turboprop aircraft as it accelerates hiring this year.Īpplicants will need to have 500 hours of “turbine time” starting Feb.
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