The Truth About Pilots Part 1

   

           Now We've all been Reading the news lately and we have been hearing about more aviation incidences. Firstly, it's not that aviation related incidences are on a rise, but that more reporters and news companies are seeing it as a topic that will spur viewer interest. In addition to this, if you look at last year (2014)'s number of total aviation related incidents that were reported (NTSB,FAA etc) aviation related accidents are actually on a decline in comparison to previous years. It's just that the ones that are happening are receiving more publicity than in previous times. Now by now i am sure you have all heard of Malaysia airlines flight 370, flight 17 and of course the more recent Air Asia crashes. Now looking at these incidents you may think that more planes are crashing but that is not so.
              One thing which is a topic of interest is First Officers. Constantly in the news reports of many recent crashes we are hearing, "THE COPILOT WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE PLANE DOWN" or "THE CAPTAIN PASSED OUT AND THE COPILOT COULDN'T FLY THE AIRCRAFT PROPERLY". The truth is, all copilots are adequately or more "qualified" , for a lack of words, to fly the aircraft, than the captain. In come cases the copilot may have one hour less than the Captain as for the majority of the time the captain is the one with the most hours of the two. Hence, it is not accurate to say that the copilot wasn't qualified to fly the plane, or that he wasn't able to fly it properly.
       I do hope that these short words assist you in the understanding of Aviation and everything aviation elated as there are many views out there which may be or are seriously inaccurate.

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