LAST week, I mentioned that I was reading “Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot” by Mark Vanhoenacker. It is a memoir by a Boeing 747 first officer, one that anyone who still retains a vestige of romanticism about flying should read. Much of the book is a lyrical take on the joy of working above the clouds. But it also has many interesting insights into the technicalities of flying a jumbo jet.
Some of these are, perhaps, obvious in hindsight. But they are nonetheless worth sharing. One that falls into this category is that pilots are only qualified and licensed to fly one particular type of plane. In so much as I had given it any thought at all, I had vaguely assumed that once a pilot had learned to fly, say, a Boeing 747, he would be pretty much set up to go on any other commercial plane; a bit like how passing your driving test in a hatchback allows you also to drive an estate car. But consider it for a moment and clearly the...Continue reading
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