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Newark airport’s makeover answers

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Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. It’s in New Jersey, United States (this answer wasn’t in the video).
  2. 22 million people.
  3. The objective is to make people want to go to the airport early.
  4. They intend to install over 6,000 iPads for passengers to use. Every seat in every restaurant will have one, you’ll be able to use them to check your flight status, surf the web or order food.
  5. They intend to create seats in areas with tables and power outlets, over 10,000 places to plug in.
  6. It’s going to be replaced by an asian beer garden, offering beer from around the world.
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Newark airport’s makeover

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Here’s a video that describes the makeover planned for Newark’s Terminal C. (If you don’t immediately see the video, try refreshing the page)

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level: 5+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. Where in Newark? (this isn’t mentioned in the video)
  2. How many people pass through the corridor in Terminal C every year?
  3. What is the objective of the new plan?
  4. What is one of the exciting parts of the new technology they intend to use?
  5. What do they intend to do with the seats and waiting areas?
  6. What’s going to happen to the moving walkway?

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Acrid smell

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Here’s the text to the listening from yesterday.

Enjoy!!

An Airbus A319 with 135 people on board, was en route at FL340 about 20nm north of its destination, when the crew heard a loud noise followed by an acrid smell in the cockpit. The flight crew decided to turn around and return to their airport of origin. During the return they heard the loud noise twice more but the aircraft landed safely back in its origin about 70 minutes after turning around. Maintenance found an exhaust fan bearing was worn and grinding during operation. The fan was replaced later.

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Acrid smell

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Listen to this recording and try to write what your understand. You should try to write everything that is said.

You can listen as many times as you want.

Check below the recording for some of the difficult words and come back and check the full text from this recording tomorrow.

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

Have a great day!

Difficult words: acrid (adj.), fan bearing (n.), worn (adj.), grind (v.)

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Pilot incapacitation answers

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Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. You must secure him / her in the shoulder harness to prevent damage to the instruments.
  2. Pull the control handle for horizontal movement, the seat will move aft and outward.
  3. You should read the checklist if requested by the pilot, and should only read the next item on the checklist after a response has been received to the previous one.
  4. You should first slide the seat backwards using the control handle, then unfasten the shoulder harness and lift the pilot out of the seat using the appropriate grip. You should then drag the pilot to the nearest useable emergency exit.
  5. Pull the mask out of the container by squeezing the red release levers. Put it on. The harness will be inflated by the oxygen from the flight deck oxygen system. Release the levers and the oxygen will flow out of the harness.
  6. The second one doesn’t have the red knobs, and it does not have an inflatable harness.
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Pilot incapacitation

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Here’s an interesting video that describes what to do in the event of pilot incapacitation during flight.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level: 5+

Have a great weekend!!

  1. What must you do to the pilot in the event of incapacitation during flight?
  2. How do you pull the seat aft?
  3. When and how should you read a checklist?
  4. How should you remove an incapacitated pilot from his / her seat?
  5. How is the quick don oxygen mask operated?
  6. What’s the difference between the first mask and the second mask shown?

Pilot Incapacitation

A KLM training video on how to assist in case of pilot incapacitation. Checkout more study material for flight crew at https://flightcrewguide.com, your cockpit reference codex.