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Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Aircraft steering controls (Aileron trim switches)
  • Aircraft warning systems (Airborne collision avoidance systems ACAS)
  • Flight computer systems (Aircraft data loaders)
  • Aircraft anti skid controls (Anti-skid control systems)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Attitude heading reference systems AHRS)
  • Aircraft braking systems (Autobrakes)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Automatic direction finder ADF radio systems)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Automatic landing systems)
  • Flight computer systems (Autopilot systems)
  • Aircraft braking systems (Brake management systems)
  • Aircraft drag chutes (Brake pedals)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Cockpit displays of traffic information CDTI)
  • Aircraft oxygen equipment (Continuous flow emergency oxygen systems)
  • Flight computer systems (Control display units CDU)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Control wheels)
  • Flight computer systems (Data load selectors)
  • Desktop computers
  • Aircraft communication systems (Digital communications display units DCDU)
  • Aircraft oxygen equipment (Diluter demand emergency oxygen systems)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Distance measuring equipment DME)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Electric trim switches)
  • Aerospace cockpit display panels (Electronic flight instrument systems EFIS)
  • Aircraft escape or ejection systems (Emergency exit slides)
  • Aircraft escape or ejection systems (Emergency life rafts)
  • Aircraft onboard defrosting or defogging systems (Engine anti-ice systems)
  • Aircraft cooling fans (Equipment cooling controls)
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Aircraft fire control or extinguishing systems (Fire suppression and control systems)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Flaps control levers)
  • Flight computer systems (Flight database systems)
  • Aircraft fuel management systems (Fuel control systems)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Global positioning system GPS devices)
  • Aircraft warning systems (Ground proximity warning systems GPWS)
  • Aerospace head up display HUDs (Head-up guidance systems HGS)
  • Aircraft communication systems (High-frequency HF radio communication systems)
  • Aircraft hydraulic systems (Hydraulic actuators)
  • Aircraft hydraulic systems (Hydraulic control systems)
  • Aircraft hydraulic systems (Hydraulic pressure regulators)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Inertial navigation systems INS)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Instrument landing system ILS glideslope receivers)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Instrument landing system ILS localizers)
  • Landing gear assemblies (Landing gear control systems)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Long range navigation LORAN-C systems)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Manual trim wheels)
  • Calculators or accessories (Mechanical computers)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Microwave landing systems MLS)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Navigation mode selectors)
  • Aircraft navigation beacons (Nondirectional radio beacon markers)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Nosewheel steering systems)
  • Notebook computers
  • Aircraft communication systems (On-board intercom systems)
  • Aircraft oxygen equipment (Passenger oxygen control systems)
  • Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
  • Pneumatic aircraft accumulators (Pneumatics systems)
  • Point plotting recorders (Point plotters)
  • Aircraft power supply units (Power generation and distribution control systems)
  • Aircraft oxygen equipment (Pressure demand emergency oxygen systems)
  • Aircraft environment controllers (Pressurization control systems)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Radio frequency-based navigation and guidance systems)
  • Aircraft environment controllers (Recirculation control systems)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Rudder pedals)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Rudder trim knobs)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Satellite-based navigation and guidance systems)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Transponder landing systems TLS)
  • Aircraft communication systems (Ultra high frequency UHF radio communication systems)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Very high frequency omnidirectional range VOR systems)
  • Aircraft guidance systems (Very high frequency VHF direction finders)
  • Aircraft communication systems (Very high frequency VHF radio communication systems)
  • Aircraft onboard defrosting or defogging systems (Windscreen ice control systems)
  • Aircraft onboard defrosting or defogging systems (Wing anti-ice systems)
  • Aircraft steering controls (Yaw damper systems)

Technologies Include:

  • Analytical or scientific software
  • Pilot Navigator Software Load Balance
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • SBS International Maestro Suite
  • Data base reporting software
  • Electronic aircraft information databases
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Airline Pilots Daily Aviation Log PPC
  • AirSmith FlightPrompt
  • AV8 software
  • CoPilot Flight Planning & E6B
  • doXstor Flight Level Logbook
  • MJICCS PilotLog
  • Nimblefeet Technologies Captain's Keeper
  • Polaris Microsystems AeroLog Pro
  • Polaris Microsystems CharterLog
  • RMS Technology Flitesoft
  • Skylog Services Skylog Pro
  • Information retrieval or search software
  • AeroPlanner
  • Notam Development Group Airport Insight
  • Route navigation software
  • IFT-Pro
  • Navzilla



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