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Video: Running out of pilots

This week’s video reports on the declining number of pilots in the world and why it’s happening.

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

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Video: Why are jumbos disappearing?

This week’s video describes the role of jumbo jets in aviation and why they are disappearing from the skies.

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What problem did the 747 rectify?
  2. Why did Boeing want to be economical in the building of the 747?
  3. So what did they do to be economical?
  4. What’s the first reason these jumbos are disappearing?
  5. What’s the second reason these jumbos are disappearing?
  6. How much was the development of the A380 and will it ever be recovered according to the video?
  7. What do business passengers want nowadays?
  8. Why does the A380 work for Emirates?
  9. What’s the future for these two planes?

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Why are the Jumbo-jets disappearing?

Thanks to our sponsor: https://brilliant.org/mentourpilot/ Why are the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 loosing ground against competing aircraft types? Why aren’t these majestic giants of the sky ruling like they once were and what does the future look like for them. These are some of the questions I will cover in this video.

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Video: How airports make money

This week’s video describes how airports make money and why some are more profitable than others.

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Who owns Heathrow airport?
  2. What is the break even point for per passenger revenue at Heathrow airport?
  3. Which kinds of passengers are more valuable?
  4. Where in the airport do passengers spend most money?
  5. Why do passengers spend more money at Heathrow airport than at other airports?
  6. What is the average cost for a flight which lands at Heathrow?
  7. What amount of a passenger’s ticket price does Heathrow receive?
  8. What aspect of Heathrow’s operation has a negative impact on domestic flights?
  9. Why do most airports lose money?
  10. Why do smaller airports charge airlines less than it costs to operate the airport?

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How Airports Make Money

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Video: Why do planes fly so slowly?

This week’s video describes why modern planes fly at their current speed and not faster.

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What monumental barrier was broken by commercial aircraft in 60s?
  2. Why didn’t this breakthrough last?
  3. What speed do modern wide-body aircraft fly at?
  4. What characteristics of planes have changed since 60s?
  5. What reason is there for medium-sized planes to fly a little faster?

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WHY DO WE FLY SO SLOWLY?

TechZone ► https://goo.gl/Gj3wZs Perhaps you’ve heard that lately planes are flying way too slow. After all, if you can launch a Tesla into space, why not make planes a little faster? Some people think that it is the fault of lazy engineers and designers who don’t want to create something better.

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Video: The most valuable airspace in the world

This week’s video describes the enormous value that one particular piece of airspace in the world has. Watch to find out where it is.

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. How much economic activity occurs in the two regions mentioned?
  2. What country lies between these two economic powerhouses?
  3. When was travel between these two regions very difficult?
  4. What ‘other way’ did the airlines find to connect these two regions?
  5. What reduction in flight times did airlines have by using this ‘other way’?
  6. What event suddenly made flights between the two regions much easier?
  7. Which big country hasn’t signed the International Air Services Transit Agreement and why?
  8. What is preventing Norwegian from starting routes to Asian cities?

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Video: The little plane war

This week’s video describes the war between Boeing and Bombardier over the CSeries jet. Watch to find out exactly what it was about.

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

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. How successful were Airbus’ A318 and Boeing’s 717?
  2. What proportion of London City Airport’s arrivals are Embraer planes?
  3. Why are the reasons for this?
  4. Why is the US a big market for small planes?
  5. What major setback did the CSeries programme have?
  6. What saved the programme after this setback?
  7. What kind of order did Bombardier lack?
  8. What did they do to fix this?
  9. How did Boeing react to this?
  10. What did Airbus do?
  11. How did this help?

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The Little Plane War

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