an ordinary training flight becomes a fight for life. he has flown for more than two decades. with thousands of hours logged, he s among canada s best. i was transferred to the flight instructor school where i was an instructor. instructors fly with students in the hawk 155. this jet is a one-engine two-seat aircraft. on training missions, the student pilot flies in the front seat and instructor pilots like hut fly in the back seat. when we sign the plane out, the instructor is in charge of the plane for the mission. we have a camera in the plane to see how the student is flying for debrief later.
canadian air force captain john hudd has flown fighters for more than two decades. with thousands of hours logged, he s among canada s best. i was transferred to the flight instructor school where i was an instructor. instructors fly with students in the hawk 155. this jet is a one-engine two-seat aircraft. on training missions, the student pilot flies in the front seat and instructor pilots like hut fly in the back seat. when we sign the plane out, the instructor is in charge of the plane for the mission. we have a camera in the plane to see how the student is flying for debrief later. among the movements that they practice is touch and go. that s when a pilot touches wheels down briefly and then
an ordinary training flight becomes a fight for life. canadian air force captain john hunt, he has flown for more than two decades. with thousands of hours logged, he s among canada s best. i was transferred to the flight instructor school where i was an instructor for instructors. instructors fly with students in the hawk 155. this jet is a one-engine two-seat aircraft. on training missions, the student pilot flies in the front seat and instructor pilots like hut fly in the back seat. when we sign the plane out, the instructor is in charge of the plane for the mission. we have a tape in the airplane
an ordinary training flight becomes a fight for life. oh. canadian air force captain john hunt has flown fighters for more than two decades, with thousands of hours logged in a variety of jets, he s among canada s best. i have been transferred to the flight instructors school where i actually was an instructor for instructors. at the canadian nato flight training center in saskatchewan, instructors fly with students in the hawk 155. this jet is a one-engine, two-seat aircraft. on training missions, the student pilot flies in the front seat and instructor pilots like hut fly in the back seat. when we sign the airplane out, the instructor pilot is the pileant in command and he s responsible for the airplane, for the mission. we have a tape to see how the
certifying the health and mental well-being of their pilots? well alex when a candidate shows up for employment with the airline as a pilot, you go through a whole bat of tests, academic, practical, and medical and psychological. so there s a pretty good indication of how well this individual will fit into the airline. and as they go through training they are carefully evaluated by instructor pilots and pilots that they fly with. once they re qualified and they re flying what ends up happening for the most part is what s known as a peer review. that is pilots work very closely with each other. you re on the road you re traveling together you re working in close physical proximity to each other. and if someone is not meeting the standard or seems preoccupied, it is not uncommon that one of the pilots will ask the other, are you doing okay?