Sentence examples for crew cockpit from inspiring English sources

In short, instead of being fixed in the way it responds to inputs from the crew, cockpit automation ought to be adaptive.Meanwhile, there are no excuses for permitting pilots to go long periods without performing manual take-offs, departures, approaches and landings with or without the use of auto-throttles.

The pilots' union and the flight attendants' union at J.A.L. struck for 48 hours earlier this week to protest the two-crew cockpit, asserting that it was less safe that the usual setup.

The plane was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew: two cockpit crew, five cabin crew and three security personnel.

Tim Wagner, a spokesman for American, said that he had heard reports that the captain had suffered a minor injury to the arm or wrist, but that none of the cockpit crew or cabin crew appeared to have been seriously injured.

"[The cockpit crew] immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation.

They took over the four flights, taking advantage of air crews and cockpits that were not prepared for the contingency of a suicide hijacking.

Japan-based JAL cockpit crew now operates the five daily flights previously operated by the JALways crew.

Aviation experts expressed surprise at the vast disparity in experience in the two-person cockpit crew.

On international flights I usually inquired if the cockpit crew would allow me to join them.

The other crew in the cockpit were so shocked, they almost spilled their drinks.

It added that this could have been caused by hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, among the cockpit crew.