Manuals - Why do pilots need a manual? What is in the manual? How do airline pilots use a manual? Accidents - Titan Airways Biocide Treatment and BA5390 (Pilot Sucked Out).

TCAS - Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System. Airline mid-air collisions. How pilots avoid hitting other aircraft. Accidents - Überlingen Mid-Air Collision and Linate Airport Disaster.

ILS Instrument Landing System. How an airline pilot uses an ILS, a technical description and ILS limitations. Accident - Korean Air Flight 801 in Guam.

Circling Approaches. Circling approach use and risks. Accident - Air China 129.

Aircraft Landing Gear. Use and design. Landing gear failure. Accident LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 - 767 Belly Landing.

Airline Accident Sioux City United 232. A successful accident, an example of the positive effect CRM (Crew Resource Management). Accident analysis, history of CRM.

Airline pilot selection processes general introduction. Airline selection as a risk exercise. Research, Replicate, Repeat. Evidence for competencies. Typical airline selection process, online and written applications, aptitude and maths testing, interview and group exercises, simulator assessments.

Altitude, altimetry and altimeters. Altitude as a concept. Barometric and radio altimetry. Accident - Aeroperú Flight 603, Dambusters.

Oxygen. Airline pilot theory, physiology of hypoxia, aircraft pressurisation, slow and rapid decompression, emergency descents and emergency oxygen systems. Accident - Helios Airways Flight 522.

Airline Pilot Selection - Interview Question: Why do you want to be an Airline Pilot? Answering this question in written applications and interviews. Evidence vs emotion, answering by demonstrating competencies.

Aircraft Windshear. Windshear and microburst phenomenon. Windshear hazard to aircraft, aircraft recovery. Accident - Delta 191

Airline Pilot Sleep and Fatigue. Sleep as a skill. Risks of fatigue. Accident - Colgan Flight 3407.

Airline Jet Engines. Airline pilot theory and jet engine operation. Accident - British Airways 09, Jakarta Incident, "all four engines have failed".