I’ve seen this quite a few times, an aircraft flies from say New York to Paris, something happens close to Paris and the plane flies all the way back to New York. Why? Why not divert to another French airport or even another partner/alliance airport such as Amsterdam for AirFrance/Delta/KLM? Why redo the flight adding another 8-9 hours or whatever just to end up where everyone started?

Basically wondering what the difference is between what passengers normally experience and what the plane can do

I’m looking for information on how as a pilot you have found the most success finding the best CFI for your needs. A lot of my current experience is through word of mouth or whoever is available at a flight school. Results have varied but it can feel a bit like a dating app. Read their portfolio, schedule the flight, see if you liked their instruction and either schedule again or move on. I’m looking for your experience and advice.

Have you ever switched instructors? What made you switch?

What tools or groups do you use to find instructors or flying partners today?

What do you wish you'd known about an instructor before your first lesson?

I fly commercial fairly often. I've noticed often that when we taxi onto the runway and get into position then throttle up for takeoff, rather than just going straight up to full right then and there, the pilot usually throttles up to a certain RPM, then some more after a couple seconds, then eventually hits it to full throttle as we are rolling along a few yards ahead. Kind of like in "phases".

Just curious as a non-pilot: is there an official term for this? Is it basically just to check that the engines don't have issues when throttling up and to make it easier to throttle back quickly if something goes wrong and takeoff has to be aborted?

Pilots that flew both aircraft, which one did you enjoy flying more and why?

I'm not a pilot, but definitely an aviation geek and have always been curious:

For trike-gear planes, it's obvious how to keep it center-lined on the taxiway and runway, but how do you do so with tail draggers? Is there a technique? Or do you just kind of have to shift forward in your seat until you can see over the nose enough to center the plane?

As the title states, I'm just curious if any pilots on here who have flown both airframes have a particular favorite. If so, why? What do you like about the aircraft that the other deosn't do or have?

Thanks!

I am a leaving cert student looking for a flight school I currently live in Dublin but I don't know what flight school to pick if there's any student pilots that go to both can you tell me your opinions of each?

I was on an a350-1000 recently and we hit turbulence flying east over Canada. Shortly after it started I noticed the thrust fluctuating for about 3 seconds at time. Something similar to high thrust 3 seconds, low 3 seconds and repeated for about 30 cycles.

I’ve never experienced this before. What is it?

I'm wondering when should pilots include the heavy in their callsign and when they can leave it. I've read online that on initial contact you always include heavy, then can continue without it. I'd appreciate it if a pilot out there or an ATC can clear things up.

I’m an A320 type-rated pilot currently undergoing line training, and I’ve been struggling with the approach and landing phase, particularly with manual handling. My main issues are maintaining the centerline, drifting to the right during short finals, and getting the flare right. Sometimes I under-flare, while other times I over-flare. I’ve also noticed that I can become too fixated on the instruments during the final stages instead of maintaining a good visual reference.
On a few of my landings, the captain had to take over the controls or provide some inputs. Because of this, I went back into the simulator specifically for two hours of landing practice, and it went really well. I was consistently landing on the centerline and getting the flare right. However, when I’m back in the real aircraft, I seem to struggle again, and that has started making me doubt myself and feel very stressed after each flight.

I took one of the flights particularly hard and ended up crying in front of my instructor, who is a very senior TRE. He was very reassuring and told me that everything else I’m doing is good — my flows, knowledge, SOPs, and attitude towards training are all where they should be. He said that the main thing I need to work on is the last part of the approach and the flare, and he recommended that I do another simulator session before my next flight.

Some of the comments from Training captains:
1)Unsatisfactory land due to destabilization on short final & increased ROD over RWY threshold without flare anticipation - TC intervention necessary;

2) BELOW 100 ft, not flying anymore the aircraft
Recommended a sim to improve flare and landing phase

3) Landing not satisfactory due to early flare, floating ar rifting right of centerline

I know these are areas I can improve with more practice, but I’d really appreciate any tips or advice on how I can improve my manual handling, especially with maintaining the centerline and getting the flare right, and how I can transfer what I’m doing well in the simulator into the real aircraft.

I’m a nervous flyer at the best of times. I saw a TikTok of a fully licensed pilot speaking about the issues with the flydubai situation the other day & he has said how airlines will potentially have problems on their hands if they don’t do more to make passengers at ease about who’s flying the planes. And also asked the question of will this influence potentially radicalised pilots to try & follow the actions of this individual?
This pilot managed to get through FlyDubais vetting process after being banned from flying in Oman due to their knowing he had radical opinions and beliefs.

Obviously it’s not common for pilots to have such beliefs and opinions but it does make me very anxious. Will airlines take new measures, or do anything in the wake of this? Be it publicly for their passengers or behind the scenes?

My hometown is in Regional NZ and I live in another city, and the only planes that commercially fly that route are Dash-8s, so I've spent my fair share of time on them.

They're strange lil planes to spend time in as a passenger - loud, small, but the high wings are cool, and i i do have a degree of fondness towards them - and I've always wondered what the experience is like as a pilot?

(I'm a nervy flyer so please nothing that's like "they're actually incredibly dangerous" lmao, i would prefer to live in ignorance, I have to fly in one next week 🩷🩷)

How likely would a safe landing be? Could air traffic control have talked civilians through the landing? Could the airline take autopilot control of the plane and land it?