In airplanes, there is a significant part of the lives of many of us, especially if the profession is somehow connected with frequent flights. On one specialized forum workers civil aviation Asked such a question: "Stewards and flight attendants, pilots and flights, about what subtleties and secrets we, passengers, do not even guess when flying on airplanes?" There were a lot of answers, but here we tried to take the most interesting for you.
The whole truth about oxygen masks
"From the moment you pulled the oxygen mask, the oxygen stock will be enough for about fifteen minutes. However, for the pilot of this time, more than enough to decrease on the optimal height, where a person can already breathe normally. "" But it is much more important on top of knowing that you will have somewhere 15-20 seconds before you lose consciousness. Put on the oxygen mask first on yourself, and only then - to the child. Even if your child will lose his feelings for a few seconds, nothing terrible will happen to him. "
Why do the main lighting turn off during the landing?
"When the landing occurs at night, lighting in the cabin must be as close as possible to natural lighting overboard in case of possible evacuation. Passengers will be able to better navigate at the time of leaving the aircraft, since their eyes are already accustomed to the dark. "
Do not blame pilot for hard landing
"During a tight landing in bad weather, you should not scold pilot for the lack of necessary professional skills, because, in fact, he did it intentionally. When the runway is covered with water, contacting the aircraft with the ground should be rigid to prevent aquaplaning. "
Toilet valve can be easily open outside
"The mechanism that allows you to open the door outside, as a rule, is hidden behind the" Do not smoke "sign on the door. Raising the folding cover up and sliding the tail, you unlock the door. "
What happens if the crew receives a message about the laid bomb?
"About five years ago, my friend-pilot made a commercial flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, when an anonymous message was received about the bomb laid on board. The crew took this information with a special seriousness, since a group of high-ranking foreign officials was located in the first class salon. Of course, for this kind of incidents, pilots have a specific scenario, only at that moment the aircraft was just over Safety oceanAnd nothing could be done except to keep calm and, if possible, do not worry passengers. According to a friend, the whole remaining flight when air pit The concentration of adrenaline in its blood reached maximum values. "
If you drive a musical instrument
"If you drive musical instrument, Never give it to the luggage, and take it straight to the landing. If there is no place for it in the airplane, the tool will put in the luggage right during the landing, that is, last. By arrival, he will already wait for you to leave the aircraft. I, however, heard from movers and flight attendants that they do not like when the musicians do that, but in my case, the conductors were always very kind. As I said, in the absence of place, the tool will be sent to the luggage, but you are guaranteed to get it first immediately after landing the aircraft. "
Airlines are extremely related to food
"This is what my dad told me, who works in large airline. Pilots get absolutely different food and can not share it with each other. This measure is provided for the case of possible food poisoning. Behind theft of food, even intended for recycling, is punished up to immediate dismissal. You can ask for permission from the authorities to pick up these products to yourself, but you have no right to do it yourself. The airlines do not want to deal with the unscrupulous behavior of employees. "
How to arrange flight attendants
"My friend works with a stewardess. She says that no one ever gives tiling flight attendants, but otherwise you would probably drink free to the end of the flight. "
"Grab the carton of candies for the crew, especially if a long flight has to be done, then during the whole flight, the conductors will treat you as to the king."
One of the forum readers wanted to check this advice in practice and that's what he told about his experience after landing:
"When entering the plane, I handed to flight attendants a box of chocolate chocolates. I note that our flight was not full of one hundred percent. Before we took off, a flight attendant came to me and said that there are free places in the first class salon, and she can transplant me there without any surcharge. I poured two additional wine glasses and about ten times in the flight were interested in whether I don't need something. I confirm this advice is definitely working! "
What are your four-legged pets while flying
"I can not leave dismountain of the transportation of domestic animals. While the airlines take care of improving the service, there are things that are difficult to change, for example, noise on a flying field. A person cannot be there without special headphones, and imagine that it is experiencing your pet, waiting for loading on the aircraft. Please think twice before handing out pets in baggage. "
Small trick for increasing the space of your chair
"You can raise armrests chairs located at the window and in the passage. Thug up along the bottom of the armrest and click the button. Click it and armrests will rise. If you sit at the window, you will have much more placesSimilarly, you will be much easier to get up if you are sitting in the passage. "
The whole truth about electronic devices
"Disconnecting electronic devices in an airplane does not make any sense."
"Because you will refuse to turn off mobile electronic devices, no plane, of course, will not fall, however, it really annoys the crew. Just imagine the pilot preparing for the departure, which, sitting in the cockpit, hears interference from the host signal of numerous mobile phones. I myself have missed a couple of times the permission for takeoff. "
"My sister is a flight attendant, she says that it sits in the tail of the aircraft, gets his phone and begins to send messages just after it asks for all passengers to turn off the electronic devices."
To fly the aircraft enough and one engine
"Absolutely true: most of the major aircraft can fly with one engine if necessary.
Pilots are sleeping most of the flight
About fifty percent of pilots sleep during the flight, and in almost every third event they find their own partner sleeping when wake up.
Duty-free shopping stores buyers like a sticky
"Products from the duty-free shop can be purchased on the Internet for much smaller money."
That actually happens with your luggage
"When we see the" Fragile "sticker (fragile) on your luggage, be sure that we will scroll it rigorous. If this is a sticker "Do not turn over", we will delight it. We must squeeze in the cargo compartment more than a hundred luggage and cargoes. And if you should, then, do it in any way. But I'll tell you that when we see on the suitcase Tag "I love you, movers," then carefully treat your junk. "
Some things on board terribly dirty
"I used to work with a stewardess. Do you know what is happening with the plains and pillows after landing the aircraft? They are just folded and cleaned in packages until the next flight. Pure blankets I had the opportunity to see only once during the very first morning flight after we got completely new things.
In addition, you risk swallowing something inedible, if you plan on the peanut tray, and even if you just touches the tray. On these trays, I saw much more dirty diapers than food. At the same time, I do not remember that the trays themselves someday ever soap or disinfect. "
"In no case do not drink coffee or tea in an airplane, better ask the water in the bottle. It is no secret that the aircraft tank for water heating is very difficult to wash, so dirt and bacteria accumulates in it. "
"Drinking water designed for cooking tea and coffee is simply impossible to drink. The age of some aircraft reaches the sixty years, but no one has ever soaps in them to heat water. On the walls accumulated so much greenish dirt that its layer in some places can reach two centimeters. It is well known to all employees of airlines. "
The security organization is not flawless
"If each person had been aware of the shortcomings of the security system, if desired, passengers would be able to independently penetrate the plane, on the runway and on the steering paths. When you know how some system works, you will always notice her shortcomings. "Something certainly broken in your plane
"In the plane on which you are going to fly, something certainly failed, because it is a big and difficult car, where something periodically breaks. Good news is that all important mechanisms on board have double or even triple backup control.
In the event that the crew has arisen, the crew will receive a message and will be able to take appropriate measures, for example, switch to manual control or request maintenance if the plane is still on Earth. In most cases, we are talking about banal things, such as a lamp for reading, coffee makers, or salon covering.
Do not give up the flight because of this. Modern airplanes are incredibly reliable cars. As a rule, even in the case of a truly serious malfunction, they are able to make a safe landing. "
The aircraft may continue to plan when the engines refuse both engines.
"A familiar pilot told me that with the refusal of both engines, the aircraft could plan about eleven kilometers for every and a half kilometer of height. Thus, at an altitude of more than ten thousand meters, the aircraft without engines will be able to fly about eighty kilometers. And most accidents happen after all the landing or takeoff. "What happens during the hijacking?
"During the landing of the stolen aircraft, the pilot will leave the wing flaps in the raised position. This will slow down the rate of reduction and serve the controllers of the airport signal that something happened in the plane. "Why still not removed ashtrays?
"Despite the fact that smoking in airplanes was forbidden some time ago, the ashtrays in the toilets are still mandatory equipment. This is done in order to break the prohibition of smokers used as an ashtray for cigarettes, and I will not urn for garbage. "
What is a "hard landing"
Right landing in aviation is a conversational term among non-specialists opposite to the value of a soft landing. The technical term adopted in the environment of professionals is the "rough landing".
Landing is the final stage of the flight when the plane returns to Earth. Hard landing occurs when the aircraft acts on the ground with a greater vertical speed and strength than with a normal landing. The average vertical landing rate is about 2 meters per second, and in technical terms it is not the speed, but the vertical overload at the time of the touch - it is overloading that is prescribed by means of objective control and the quality of the landing is determined by its value, as well as the possibility of further operation of the aircraft.
Hard landing can be caused by weather conditions, technical problems, overweight aircraft, piloting errors. The term "hard landing" usually means that the pilot can retain the full or partial control over the vehicle, in contrast to the uncontrolled descent (accident), which usually leads to the destruction of the vehicle.
Hard landings may vary by death consequences: from light discomfort of vehicle passengers to leading serious damage vehicle and fatal outcomes for people. If the aircraft experienced a hard landing, then, even in the absence of visible damage, it is a list of mandatory work defined by technical documentation, such as the defectoscopy of racks and a complete check of the chassis systems with the control performance of the performance (the aircraft is highlighted on the listeners) and t. n. "Leveling of the aircraft" by reference points, that is, checking the geometry of the fuselage on deformation. All aircraft have geometric deformation tolerances, in accordance with the design documentation, with exceeding which the aircraft becomes "curves" (that is, asymmetric in management). There are cases when practically new liners have been written off because of the deformation of the glider, after the inexperienced pilots "put them on the ground.
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It's easier to believe in magic, than to understand how a person manages to raise a multi-torrent iron bird into the sky. Ignorance generates fear of unknown. Therefore, many pilots and other airline workers are happy to tell what it really is to fear and why airplanes are beautiful!
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16. How to get to the pilots if their door is blocked from the inside?
Beard, lush mustache, piercing and any other decorations and "thighs" on the face interfere with the pilot to use an oxygen mask, which should fit tightly to the face. Therefore, the face of the pilot is always clean, sometimes easy noncumber is allowed. Otherwise, the situation is created, which poses the life of passengers.
14. What will happen if all the engines fail?
During each flight, the plane goes to the mode in which. If in the machine with a manual transmission translate the lever to the neutral position, going down the hill, there will be the same. The full refusal of the engines happens extremely rare, and in this case there is a special instruction for restarting them.
But also without engines, the plane can sit on the planning descent. The most famous case occurred with Boeing 747 over Java in 1982, when the plane got into the cloud of dust from the spewing volcano and all 4 engines were denied. The crew was able to put the board in the near airport, and none of the 263 people were injured.
13. For what time are oxygen masks calculated?
The oxygen level and pressure inside the aircraft are maintained artificially. If there is depressurization of the cockpit at high altitude, human is developing hypoxia: it loses consciousness and without an oxygen mask can die.
In modern aircraft, the control system lead a plane along a route from a height of 300 meters and almost until complete landing on the runway. During the landing, you can use an automatic landing, but the pilot needs to activate this mode and follow it by specifying certain configurations for landing.
Already in front of the immediate landing on the lane, the plane sends the Kursa-Glisadic system: the airport radio bears leads the plane, adjusting its path. This system works, even if you completely de-energize the aircraft.
