Professional Pilot: Proven Tactics and PIC Strategies Book

Practical operational concepts combine with personal experience to offer techniques for enhancing both the mental and technical actions necessary to become an expert pilot. Revised to include up-to-date cockpit and airport procedures and recent upgrades in communications and navigation equipment, this guide provides real-life insight into the day-to-day flight activities of turbine flying. Going beyond regulations and performance, this reference contains aeronautical wisdom gained from more than 50 years of flying. Takeoff speeds, runway contamination, high-altitude flight, icy conditions, rapid decompression, and in-flight fires are some of the topics covered, providing information for both aspiring and experienced pilots.