Dedicated Airport Ground Personnel Driving Every Flight’s Triumph
We often see pilots and flight attendants as the heroes of the sky, ensuring that we travel safely from point A to point B. While this is undeniably true, we…
Should the Fasten Seatbelt Sign Remain On All the Time?
I've been reading a lot about passengers and crew getting injured due to clear air turbulence (CAT). The severity of CAT can be alarming, with planes sometimes dropping by 1,000…
We Should End that Habit of Unfastening Seatbelts After Landing
I've noticed that during my domestic flights in the Philippines, many passengers tend to unfasten their seatbelts immediately after the plane lands, even while it’s still on the runway and…
More Understanding & Kindness are Needed from Air Passengers
The past few days for Philippine aviation have been quite eventful. Last week, there was a global IT-related outage that caused airlines worldwide to cancel and delay flights. Then, heavy…
Why Airlines Impose Luggage Weight Limits
Some might wonder why we need to transfer overweight hand luggage to the cargo hold, even though it ends up on the same aircraft. This has to do with the…
Understanding Some Basics About Aviation
The past few days have been quite eventful with two incidents involving a Philippine Airlines plane and a Cebu Pacific plane on separate occasions. After reading some media releases and…
Stay Seated with Seatbelts Fastened After Landing
I have noticed from my recent flights that passengers immediately remove their seatbelts right after the plane lands and while it is taxiing. They have various reasons to justify such…
Why Airport Security Asks Us to Take Out Laptops from Our Bags
Honestly, I hate removing my laptop and tablets from my hand-carry luggage when passing through airport security x-rays. I mean, I’ve packed them neatly, and then I have to remove…
What is RNAV or Area Navigation?
If you hang out with pilots and aviators, you must have heard the term RNAV or Area Navigation. Of course, this is something not that easy to understand. It is…
What We Have to Learn from Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321
Just yesterday, a Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore to London encountered severe clear air turbulence (CAT). Flight SQ321 dropped about 6,000 feet after passing through CAT, throwing passengers and crew…