The Commercial Pilots Handbook (Hardcover)

'The Commercial Pilots Handbook', An Essential Companion For the Well Informed Pilot, answers every question you may have on flying 'The Big Jets! Putting together the knowledge, skills, and experience gained over the last 35 years as a fighter pilot and now as an instructor in the world of commercial aviation, the author pens down guidance and technique to demystify the art of flying safely. The author writes for pilots in a language that a pilot understands; simple, crisp, and to the point. Written in an informal style, the book rigorously outlines how a pilot should go about in developing airmanship qualities and fail-safe habits. Providing essential guidance on the technique of flying visual approaches, non-precision approaches on raw data and manually flying ILS approaches, he takes you by the hand and helps you focus on the essentials of such approaches so that these essential skills are not lost over a period. In simple words, he explains critical situations like a stall, jet upset, and wind shear; and explains the reasons behind every action that you need to take to recover from such situations. While doing so he also explains the basic underlying concepts from aerodynamics so that your foundations of understanding are rock solid. Keeping in mind the increasing complexity of handling automation in modern-day commercial aircraft, he explains how to manage automation, avoid mode confusion, and distills a philosophy for you to use to ensure that you understand automation better and develop fail-safe habits in handling it. Critical phases of flight such as the takeoff, approach, landing, and go-around are also covered in great depth, so that you imbibe safe flying habits, build good judgment and gain the necessary knowledge in order to take informed decisions in critical situations during these phases of flight and how to prevent situations like runway excursions. He simplifies important concepts of crew resource management, monitoring duties, and threat & error management; subjects that have gained immense importance over the last few years due to their relevance in preventing accidents and incidents. In addition, he explains how to handle non-normal situations, prioritize tasks and provides guidance on how you should develop your own philosophy towards flying. Through the medium of this book, the author hopes that he can help you become a thorough professional aviator, who has enhanced situational awareness, is diligent and disciplined. Use this book to develop a rock-solid foundation for yourself in the world of civil aviation by getting to grips with the essentials. The author's deep understanding of and empathy towards budding aviators is the reason why this book has been written, make the best of it!