Cockpit Chronicles - Paper makes a plane fly

[HeathrowSpottingHD]

Great video, might be a lot but some critical information!

[hjorleifur1961]

I sometimes say that we no longer load the jet with A1 to be able to fly. Now we fill it with A4 (European letter size).

[homer30]

I have a question. There is a constant debate regarding thrusting during take off. I hear some pilots say that you have to pull the thrust all the way during take off while others say that you don't have to, that it depends on the situations. what's your say about this?

[TheKidzcomedy]

Was this American Airlines?

[Juppie902]

Forget iPad, E-Gauges are at your service.

already on the 777 ever since its been made...

Beat that, apple.

[y2asin1]

which camera do you use?

[dbart101]

All on the ipad at Continental soon at United and Delta.

[fsplayer]

Thank you for this interesting video! I know there is a lot of paperwork in the cockpit, but don't you just go through some of these in the briefing room?

[djtorule]

How about a recycle bag, there is a tree in all that paperwork :P

[n310ea]

Do you need that much paperwork to fly, say, from Miami to Chicago?

[fly4fun]

@n310ea Maybe about 40% of that amount. Still need the Flight Plan, Takeoff Data, Weather and Notams (warning messages about inop navigation and facilities).

[n310ea]

@fly4fun That makes sense. I remember back in the early 80's we flew in a Delta 727 from FLL to MIA, wounder how much paperwork was needed. lol

[fly4fun]

@fly4fun BTW, I used to fly N320EA, a Twin Otter.

[capesquirt]

@fly4fun

Ah. The De Havilland Twin Otter. Years ago,I was young 15,I knew some folks at Air New England and got to fly,right seat, a Twin Otter being repositioned from Boston to Hyannis. What a easy well behaved machine. I thought I could land that craft on a dime. Departed from,I still remember,runway 4 Left to Hyannis runway 24.I wanted next to get a chance at Air New England's bigger craft Fh-227 Fairchild. It was a good airline,but lost to the new de-regulations then. :(

[OpMusTi]

@fly4fun u think they are twinssss????????

[munayata38]

@fly4fun hehe you messaged yourself

[Concorde847]

Any chance an interested passenger - like me - could ever request to keep the documents in the trash-bag, it'd be better to give it to someone who will at least use it/learn from it than just throw it away. (soon to get my PPL through to ATPL, ambitions to become a Commercial Pilot)

[ANLQ84]

thank sir, for letting us know what happens in cockpit !

[bluetheta]

Guess what there an "App for that" as United crews are getting Ipads with all of this on it.

[dano94]

Love your videos man, keep up the great work and thank you!

[mauman707ec]

go back up .. you're missing the video!!

[GedMpBasS]

@THEMAMABOY101 You're most likely trolling, you're name is obvious, and the fact your grammar would never save your life. He is the first officer, and they are currently on the ground. But I'm gonna save my breath, because you are either 5 years old, or acting like one.

[THEMAMABOY101]

@GedMpB ok jackass.. what do you do for a liveing???? do you for a liveing ?? i was woundering if u got the guss to cut up a death person on a table after they are shot or killed in the city or county in the city of ny. and see what killed him or her. i am a medical examer you jackass not an 5 yearold.. ur a prick.. do u have a bage and a gun u carry now?? what u do for an liveing? let see make it up in the bath room little boy.. im retired already..

[GedMpBasS]

@THEMAMABOY101 Medical examiner ehhh? With your vocabulary I assume they let just about anybody into Medical School these days. Also, i noticed on your profile you have quite a few enemies, and you were also a COP? It all adds up, with your successful life and careers, you retired to be an internet Troll. Good job, anything else you want to add to your youtube resume?

[fly4fun]

@THEMAMABOY101 So I guess you wouldn't be interested in the Cockpit Chronicles blog either?

I'll put you down as a no.

[RHINOneSeven]

@THEMAMABOY101 My guess is that this guy is a complete idiot who clearly has not the slightest of clue's about aviation. This video isn't aimed at total retards like yourself, go watch some more videos of people falling off skateboards...'Jackass'.

[brettcastro97]

@THEMAMABOY101 I couldn't stop laughing after reading that. And then I started laughing even harder when I read kent's comment

[PilotUTA]

@THEMAMABOY101 He's being helpful and explaining things to aviation buffs. Why would you waste the time to write such a rude comment?

[SpidMovie]

That's a lot of paperwork... so archaic! I can't wait for the NextGen and complete paperless cockpit. I can't believe millions of dollars airplane for billion dollars companies can't invest some bucks for great avionics with Navigation, approaches, WX radar, Checklist and so on... So much that would avoid useless paper...

[999lifegoes]

@SpidMovie Everything you said is currently implemented in the 777 A380 and other airliners of that sort but let me ask you a question.What if they fail? What if the avionics fail? I personally would like both,avionics that sort out all the paperwork and THE PAPERWORK just in case :)

[SpidMovie]

@999lifegoes Sure, just in case... but let me also ask you a question: What if engines fail? Avionics aren't different from any other major elements of a plane. Redundancy, backup, etc... If all avionics fail in today's planes, I guess you should be more worry about the emergency situation than just not having the approach chart on your panel but on your EFB, or even worst, having to use the paperwork. I just believe paperwork is just archaic, non-efficient and not ecologic.

[999lifegoes]

@SpidMovie I guess,but there's gonna be some time before that changes.

[SpidMovie]

@999lifegoes I know, but hey it's changing already, just slowly... so it's just a matter of time :)

[999lifegoes]

@SpidMovie I can't imagine how the whole setup is gonna look. :)

[gregcarioca]

Really nice video guys!

[phatcarz]

nice video, i have a question.

What do you do to pass time in an international flight?

[DiamondPilotDan]

great video! i have one question..

when youre way out over the ocean, how do you stay in contact with ATC? thanks(:

60 hours PPL SEL

[fly4fun]

@DiamondPilotDan In the 757 and 767 we use an HF radio, that horrible, static filled, WWII era technology that can't be replaced soon enough. The 777 has CPDLC, or Controller Pilot Data Link Communications, which are essentially like sending a text message to ATC. We've done trials with CPDLC on the 757 years ago in Miami Center airspace, but those have concluded. We're told that someday soon we'll be back doing CPDLC on the 757 and 767. Across the Atlantic, we only give position reports every..

[Caleb4100]

@fly4fun Oh come on, HF isn't that bad! I listen to the NAT's all the time! I bet you guys can't wait until SATCOM or CPDLC, though! I bet SELCAL is your best friend! Keep up the great videos, I really enjoy them!

[fly4fun]

@DiamondPilotDan ... ten degrees longitude (at 50 West, 40 West, 30 West and 20 West, or approximately 45 minutes to an hour apart. These position reports have our current position and time, altitude, next position and time and the position after that. We also include our fuel remaining, which gets passed along to the company.

[technofreak0007]

How this work in a airbus a380 which is a paper less cockpit

[jerejose]

what a paperwork!!

[kingcarcas1349]

Please Recycle!

[AirlinePilotStuart]

Hmmm...

I wonder how much junk mail they usually get in that folder ...

[TheAmericanCanadian]

this is all going to be digital soon.

[bluetheta]

It looks like it almost a pound of paperwork; have they calculated the FUEL that need to FLY? I wonder does the airline charge an "excess paperwork" charge ($35/@25 if paid online)?

[fm08avril]

its just amazing to see how much work is behind EVERY single flight. Passengers come and go and they don't even realize that. Thanks for your videos! It's great that you share your knowledge for people how are interested in avation.

[nikthepilot]

MAN! when i do transatlantic flights on my Flight simulator i don't have that much paperwork :(

[bmjake]

i would love to be stuck on long flights with guys like this. people think an 8 hour flight would be boring lol who ever thought that you'd have so much work just sitting there. pilots do a lot more than people think.. it's not all about flying, it's a tremendous amount of work. that's makin lemonade lol

[MATT6heus]

Your on man your on lol

[dmadalton]

that's enough paper work

[drumdude46]

can you imagine having to Retrive and gather all this Info, yourself ( pilots) 

they don't. not at the Majors. upper-echelon ( hell, even at some regionals and such) the Dispatcher and a host of "other" folks compile all this paperwork

(manifest, weather, Release form, Flight Plan, Fueling Data, mounds of it....)

and present it to the crew for review and signing. Pilots have "Enough" work to do with just the Airplane alone, besides some other things, Like, do we even fly today? lol!

[patryksienko]

b 767

[MrMichael510]

hey, this will be very helpful if yu reply,my question was do you think if i had a degree in I.T and also had a ppl after that build my flight hours up, do you think i could work for an airline?

please re-ply any feedbad appriciated, thanks

[trek6220]

@MrMichael510 what is it you want to do for an airline?

[mauman707ec]

lmao i atculy click this thinkin tht it was Cockpit Chronicles - makin paper plane fly!! lol

[PARATERRORIST]

wow i'me now glad i fly paragliders ..... not much paperwork there just a radio call to my buddies that i'me still alive

[my235]

Awesome video thanks so much!

[IhanNormal]

Thank You for great paperworkshow, want more..'how to start a DC-3' was great.

[757Pilot100]

I like the trash bag

[gustavo87467357]

yeah i do 1/3 of that thing in the sim

[oliverman22]

I admire you, you're living my dream that I'm working very hard to earn!

Clear skies my friend!

[AtlantiXYL]

They should stop wasting paper. start using the use of computer. like ipad. or what ever laptop...... shows all the stuff in pdf file or something.

[CraZy291]

Thanks for this detailed presentation. Much appreciated. Are you allowed/able to show some of these papers in detail? I would particularly be curious about the take-off power/speed page, as well as how the flight plan looks like, design-wise. I was lucky to get the entire papework after a Delta Air Lines TATL flight, which is great, and I would just love to compare with a sample one from American Airlines.

[T08Ruby]

No, Kent didn't retire. The pilot he flew with a while back did. The FAA doesn't want Kent to post that video, not sure why he can post this one and not that retirement one. I realy wanted to see the retirement one :(

[fly4fun]

@T08Ruby I was politely asked to pull Frank's retirement video, so I complied. I'm working on getting the proper permission to bring it back, since it was filmed entirely during the non-sterile period.

[brandoninda305]

@fly4fun are you a pilot plz message me back

[fly4fun]

@brandoninda305 Yeah. Take a look at my blog/site at kentwien.com

[Redskins1726]

oooo. American Airlines

[MD11LR]

did you know that the first 767s for Ansett Australia had a flight engineer. the maintenance panel to the right of the pilot was the engineer's panel and it featured analogue gauges and a single CRT ;)

[meduckie]

Is there anyway that a pilot would save that info that they throw away. And possibly send it to someone. it would be awesome to use in a flight sim.

[tk754]

Watch and enjoy :)

[dboisick]

wat equipment do u fly??

[sk8erboi66ericko]

The plane looks like a 757...xD

[hmv207]

It's a Boeing 767.

[sk8erboi66ericko]

Thx bro...xD

[SierraDawnSmith]

damn. that's alot of paperwork. Now we know what pilots are doing before takeoff. When i get older i want to learn how to fly. Not commercial airplanes though. Just small single engine planes.

[mrwiggles2]

Awesome!

[snooppupc130jrketmas]

whats that panel next to you?

[FsxCaptain]

The navigators panel

[snooppupc130jrketmas]

pretty small, i guess thats an easy job.

[ArmyofSeaturtles]

did any 1 here knew what happened to lzd772?

[betterdenu452]

hes reposted some videos but people seemed to be spamming him so i think thats why he took a few down

[ArmyofSeaturtles]

those ****ers

[boeingt]

i heard that his company didnt want him recording and posting videos. then i was informed that he retired

[aolambros]

yeah, ok boeingt.

[boeingt]

am talking about lzd772 by the way

[EXAir113]

If you could, I think it would be an awesome idea to make a mini-tutorial on trans-atlantic flying. That could include position reports and methods used to keep you on track.

[dmmmac2]

Hey Kent. Who do you fly for?

[BoucherryKid]

American Airlines, look at his tie.

[dmmmac2]

cheers i didn't know im in nz bro:)

[chuchospxndx]

WOW !!!

interesting !!!

i want to be a piLot!

I'm mexican... jeje

[JohnyBravoSix]

wow ..REAL Pilots!!

XD

Thanks for sharing!!

500 stars

:)

[767charles]

5DII ?

[fly4fun]

Yeah.

[kurbiscremesuppe]

Not even a shopping guide, or a food menu? Most important isn't it? Who cares about the weather, computer does all the stuff!;))

[deltafan909]

B767-300?

[skyslideshows]

Awesome Video! Worth Watching! 5*

[berzerken]

Informative video indeed, thank you very much  for sharing.

[eclipse245]

Hey Kent. Bring us another video man. I want to see more. i'm really planning to be in your shoes one day.

[gncohen]

hey kent, huge fan of your videos and especially your blog and work with gadling.

just an idea though: you should be recycling all of the paperwork rather than throwing it away!!!

[fly4fun]

Yeah, I know. You're right! We should have a system for that. I wonder if there's a system for recycling the leftover newspapers as well. I've heard of at least one pilot taking it with him to recycle, interestingly enough.

[iranair777]

I wouldnt mind having some of the flightplans for flight simulator in the level d 767. You can always forward them to me :p

[MrMichael510]

@fly4fun hi do you know what qualifications i would need to be come a pilot? cause its really my life long dream, thank you

[djedenhnjfndsj]

Hey idk if i asked you this i think i did

um i have two questions

where did you go to college

and did you go into the forces if so how long did you go for

thanks

[TheBoris81]

And who is going to fly the plane if the pilots are only going to do their paperwork :-)?

[TheTravellingCanuck1]

Hey Kent, Nik here. I notice they downgraded the service from BOS-LHR-BOS from a 777 to a 767. How recent was this?

Also, great job on flying American. One of the better U.S. legacy carriers in the U.S. Hope to work for them as an AME (as they call them in Canada).

Cheers

[DominoFaz]

Hey Kent, what's that panel behind you?

I'm pretty sure its not a systems panel since a 757 doesn't have one.

[AppledoreNews]

Is that a cup holder on the panel to the left of you?

[AppledoreNews]

Hi,

Are you jumpseating? Or are you just sat in the jumpseat?

[gq902]

"Trash Bag" Could I as passenger collect this trash after the flight from the Flight crew?.

[FLIGHTCOMPANY]

Trash Bag? No recycle?

[chuckmcbucky]

Hippy.... ;)

[FLIGHTCOMPANY]

Just saying.

[sarwan4ashen]

Nice!

[ERAUPRCWA]

Kent, have you guys at AA transitioned to the all glass cockpit yet in the 757s? when I went out to the flight academy a while back that was being planned and the sims hadn't yet been replaced.

[fly4fun]

I think there are six airplanes completed. I still haven't flown one yet, other than in the simulator. I'm looking forward to it.

[222delta]

do you have flight sim x cus i do?

[djedenhnjfndsj]

nice video

do you normally use all that paper work for a normal flight

[OCXEON]

great!

[meRyanP]

I love your vids, and I made one heck of a discovery. You my friend, are in the famous "pilots life" video with all the American airlines pilots. I noticed you at 4:04 in the vid. Not sure if you made the video, or if its just a coincidence.

[fly4fun]

Yeah, Ryan, that's me. You have a good eye.

I made that video for my daughter originally.

I uploaded it to YouTube in February of '06. The video was originally called "Pilot's eye view of a three day trip" (google that). YouTube pulled it off due to the U2 song.

Others have uploaded it under the "Pilot Life" name. Do a search on Vimeo for Pilot's eye view of a three day trip to see a higher resolution version.

AA has used it in their training department as an introduction video in 2008.

[meRyanP]

Very cool! I thought you looked familiar :P

[DrumCorpsAlum]

Do they provide you with a notebook with all of the airport charts, and SIDS/STARS?

[Criscocheeseman200]

:( how often do you have to fly to keep your licences current?

Im only 15, but its definately what i want to do after i leave college!

[calliopeyacht]

You need to have 3 hours per year as pilot in command in order to keep your PPL current

[dalequarmby]

I thought he ws gonna say and here is the rubbish bag, and throw the lot in it!

[brgimscht]

let's burn the pilot's papers xD

[kokoyashi]

so nice how people enjoy flying

I am terrified of flying i wish i was like that too..

[Criscocheeseman200]

Great video!!!

You gotta admit thought, you've got a pretty cool office!

[patrickcramer]

Could you keep some of these papers and publicate to us just to let us know how it look like? Or maybe for simmers who wants to make this route could do this with a little bit more of realism? That would be great !

Excelent video, by the way...screw the trees, let's fly! lol just kidding, of course...

[filanjix]

How was London?! (I'm from there)

More videos this detailed would be great, no matter how many cockpit dvds, youtube videos, flightsims I see there is always something else that hasn't had time to be covered!

[geoffeg]

More videos like this please. fdesmet2nerds is right, the more the better!

[CubsFanJohn]

Great Video! And I thought I was bitching about all the Paper Work I need for school but boy now I have it easy.

[CallummmLOL]

This video is amazing!

[spitfir3ace]

Very interesting video - thanks! :) Isn't the lack of headrests a bit of annoyance? And any chance of any approach and landing videos into London?

[fly4fun]

Some of our 757s and 767s have the headrest. It's definitely nice to have.

The FAA has been frowning on cockpit videos shot during the sterile period (below 10,000 feet) so I'm limiting myself to video only during the non-sterile moments.

Thanks.

[EmiloZ738]

Great video Kent! Looking up to you, my dream is to become an airline pilot!

[skyyguyy]

It's great to get an insider's look at some of the ops and regulatory procedures airline pilots are required to attend. It ain't all "stick-n-rudder".

Thanks Kent!

[fdesmet2nerds]

Very interesting, Kent. I figured there'd be a lot of paperwork for a flight, but...sheesh!

Of course, now you've merely wet my whistle... my inner nerd (and the outer one) is dying to examine one of those packets up close and in detail.

What percentage of all that ink actually casts an image on a crewmember's retina before being relegated to the trash bag?

[fly4fun]

Good question. The captain reviews it all. Maybe 20% of it has already been seen, so that can be skimmed over.

And as an example, you don't need to study the winds at every altitude before the flight, but when deciding whether or not to climb, it's nice to have that information later.

I tried really hard to keep the video short. I could have made it really boring with all the details of the paperwork. This gives a good overview.

Maybe I'll do a video or post on the flight plan only.

[fdesmet2nerds]

Kent, I meant neither to criticize the length or pace of this video, nor even to suggest a longer one. I meant only that I personally could spend literally hours and hours quietly studying one of those packets--quite contentedly so. I may have to do some dumpster diving at my local airport to see if I can find a discarded packet. (kidding!)

[fly4fun]

fd, I was thinking of you when I thought of just how detailed I could make it. Everyone else would probably fall asleep!

[MariuzHomie]

I just love little inside 'peeks' like this one, and I could also spend hours just looking at videos like this one. So please keep uploading as detailed as possible videos of the inside life of the cockpit.

[BeautyofAviation]

Looks like he's so sick of it

[BeautyofAviation]

lol he looked how many pieces of paper to go and said "Jesus" haha

[rauviz]

Man this is awesome, my instructors have always told me that once your in the airlines they provide you with all the information you need for a flight. But i didnt think it would be so much lol.... is it the same for domestic flights?

I wish i my school would do that for us when we go on a cross country lol j/k

[bdcp]

very intresting!

[eclipse245]

Can't wait for my career :D Kinda waste of paper though. Oh well. Soon all planes will have onboard PCs in cockpit like the 380 i hope.

[rewardsfreak]

makes me wish i never quit flying

[BeechSundowner]

IMHO half the fun of flying is preparing.  Great video.

[lew956]

yawn*

[DJMilo101]

Excellent video. Love all the small details of a flight rather than the big picture.

[fly4fun]

Thanks. I'll try to add some more to write/video.

[mamajoe87]

LOVE THIS!!!! That is so cool!

[lowIQ04]

wow to cross the ocean u need all that!?! wow haha i wanna be a pilot now!!! im taking ground school so yea lol

[organics4me]

Best video I've seen in a long time.

BTW, you are sitting in the seat I always try to get on flights, but oddly enough I never get it! lol

[zoinhobr12]

awesome video and quality!

(sorry my bad english i'm brazilian :) )

[jesusgonebad]

don't worry - your english is better than most of the people here on youtube!!! :D

Great video Kent- give me a few more years and I'll be in that position... (first landing today!)

[carlitospilot]

R u the guy thats talking about the paper work?

[fly4fun]

Yeah, that's me.

[jasleil]

That's making me tired just look at how many sheets of paper.

[amanecs]

Cruising off Greenland - "er, um, has anybody seen my, er, pen?". :)

[dmmmac2]

nice video

[mattyccc2009]

cool very interesting to know the goings on in the flightdeck.

[pimpmytafel]

It's quite interesting how paper is so importaint in flight even though modern airliners are all computerized and equipped with large LCD screens.

I think the only airliner (so far) that has an LCD screen specifically for the paperwork shown in this video is the A380.

Awsome video btw. Thanks for sharing!

[DVApilot]

Can you make more cockpit videos please? really enjoy your stuff man!

[fly4fun]

Thanks DVA. I hope to make more of them to go with the blog. Thanks!

[DVApilot]

Sweet!! Can't wait

[migma]

That sure is one hell of a lot of paperwork! For each and every flight! But I guess you guys never have a problem with that, its just another day in the office ;)

[x34celtics34x]

yo sir, i emailed u along time ago, had a few question cus i wanted to be a pilot

[fly4fun]

I've had a hard time keeping up with emails in between blogging and posting videos. Try me again or submit it as a question for "Plane Answers" at Gadling.