Category: Video

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Seat-back screens disappear

Here’s an interesting video that reports on the disappearance of seat-back screens on commercial planes.

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

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

Have a great weekend!!

1. Why are seat-back screens disappearing?
2. Why are they becoming less needed?
3. What ‘screens’ do people have with them when they get on a plane?
4. If airlines don’t have screens, what will they have to entertain passengers?
5. What is Delta Airlines doing?

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/business/2014/08/20/orig-ts-end-of-seat-back-screens.cnn.html

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The best beds on a 777

Here’s a short video about the best beds on a 777, and here’s a hint, they aren’t passenger beds!

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 are the beds?
  2. How do the crew members get to the sleeping area?
  3. What word does the narrator use to describe each bed?
  4. What size are the beds?
  5. How are curtains useful?
  6. Does the narrator think these beds are better than 1st class beds? How do you know?

The 8 best beds on a Boeing 777

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UPS’ cargo loading

Here’s a short video that describes UPS’ process of quickly loading a 757 with its cargo containers.

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

Suggested ICAO level: 4+

Have a great weekend!!

1. How big is the interior space of a 757 if you removed the seats?
2. Why are cargo containers used by UPS?
3. How much can each cargo container hold?
4. What are the advantages of cargo containers?
5. Why do cargo containers have funny shapes?

How UPS Cargo Containers Work

No matter how far you are from your nearest neighbor, if you live in the United States or Europe, UPS can deliver to your address. UPS can deliver to 80 percent of the planet within 48 hours, so if you live somewhere else, it’s still pretty likely that UPS can find you to drop off or pick up packages.

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The world’s busiest airport

Here’s an interesting video about the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta, and how it operates successfully.

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. How many people are employed in the airport?
2. How many passengers pass through the airport daily?
3. What makes the airport efficient?
4. How many aircraft movements does the airport have per day?
5. What is the controllers’ favourite drink?
6. How often do the controllers deal with emergency situations? What types of emergencies do they have?
7. What is the airport general manager’s biggest challenge?
8. Which airports does he think of as some of the finest in the world?

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/international/2014/01/16/spc-business-traveller-atlanta-airport-a.cnn.html

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The world’s first jet airliner

Here’s an interesting video that describes the rise of the world’s first jet airliner.

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. According to the video, what was the world’s first jet airliner?
2. When did it make its maiden flight?
3. How much did the speed of air travel increase when the plane entered service?
4. How did the people involved in building the plane feel?
5. When did the problems start with the plane?
6. What happened?
7. When did a very similar event happen?
8. What happened to the fleet after the second event?
9. How did they replicate the plane’s in-flight strain for testing?
10. What did they discover?
11. What did the team do to overcome this discovery?
12. Was the team successful in its efforts?

To read more about the Comet, click here.

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Tracking planes

Here’s a video that discusses the changes that need to be made to ensure that an MH370 event never happens again.

Suggested ICAO level: 5+

Have a great weekend!!

1. What event did Doha recently host?
2. What did the many executives there discuss?
3. When are planes ‘alone’ in the skies?
4. How is contact maintained in these situations?
5. What changes did Air France make after the crash of one of their planes in 2009?
6. What is preventing more airlines from implementing this system?
7. What is Inmarsat offering?
8. How much can these systems cost to install?

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/business/2014/06/12/spc-business-traveller-mh370-task-force-a.cnn.html