Nervous Questions for Our Mentors

[Chris]

Randall,

Airline Training

One of the most important aspects of being an airline pilot is always being prepared for the unexpected. Routine trips can be mundane at times but proper preparation can help avert tragedy when disaster strikes. Obviously, we cannot practice things such as engine fires and failures, navigation equipment failures or really much else during the course of flying passengers. In years past, airlines would allow pilots to take out an empty aircraft, usually in the middle of the night, and practice suc…