Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 - Introduction -- How to Use This Manual -- Transitioning Piston Pilots -- Transitioning Military Aviators -- Crew Resource Management -- Training by Civilian Employers -- Civilian Aircraft and Civilian Aviation Terminology -- Aircraft Systems -- Contemporary Issues in the Aviation Industry -- About Your Civilian Counterparts -- CHAPTER 2 - General Preparations -- Training -- Limitations, Systems, and Procedures -- Indoctrination Training -- Simulator and Flight Training -- Preparing for New-Hire Training -- Preparing for Ground School -- Preparing for Simulator and Flight Training -- Preparing for the Flight Line -- Computers -- Contemporary Issues in the Aviation Industry -- Crew Resource Management and Teamwork -- Unions -- Driving under the Influence -- Discrimination and Harassment -- CHAPTER 3 - Turbine Engine and Propeller Systems -- Introduction to Gas Turbine Engines -- Centrifugal-Flow and Axial-Flow Compressors -- Multistage Compressors -- Multispool Engines -- Core Turbine Engine (Gas Generator) -- Turbojets, Turbofans, and Turboprops -- Turbojet Engine -- Turbofan Engine -- Turboprop Engine -- Thrust versus Power -- Engine Operating Parameters -- Turbine Engine Controls in the Cockpit -- Turbine Engine Starting -- Turbine Engine Characteristics in Flight -- Thrust Reversers -- Thrust Reversers on Jets -- Reverse Thrust on Turboprops -- Use of Reversers -- Turboprop Propeller Systems -- Propeller Governors -- Beta Range -- Propeller Auto-Feather Systems -- Propeller Synchronizers and Synchrophasers -- Propeller Supplement for Transitioning Military Jet Pilots -- Propeller Terminology -- CHAPTER 4 - Turbine Aircraft Power Systems -- Basics of Aircraft Power Systems -- Depiction of Aircraft Systems in Pilot Training.

Understanding Aircraft Power Systems: The Reference Waterwheel -- Comparing Aircraft Power Systems to the Reference Waterwheel System -- Electrical Power Systems -- Electrical Power Sources -- Control Devices -- Circuit Protection -- Reading an Airplane Electrical Diagram -- Troubleshooting -- Emergency Electrical Power Generation -- Hydraulic Power Systems -- Benefits of Hydraulic Power in Large Airplanes -- Hydraulic Systems and Components -- Hydraulic System Characteristics -- Pneumatic Power Systems -- High-Pressure Bleed Air -- Low-Pressure Air -- Bleed Hazards and Protections -- Auxiliary Power Units -- CHAPTER 5 - Major Aircraft Systems -- Flight Controls -- Control Surfaces -- Flight Control System Redundancy -- Flight Control Surface Position Indicating Systems -- Fly-by-Wire Control Systems -- Pressurization -- Pressurization Indicators and Controls -- Pressurization System Safety Features -- Loss of Cabin Pressure in Flight -- Environmental Systems -- Heat Exchangers -- Air and Vapor Cycle Machines -- Aircraft Environmental System -- Fuel Systems -- Fuel Tanks -- Fuel Pumps -- Fuel Control Unit -- Fuel Valves -- Fuel Heaters -- Fuel Quantity Measurement Systems -- Fuel Quantity Measuring Sticks -- Fuel Vents -- Fuel Management -- CHAPTER 6 - Dedicated Aircraft Systems -- Ice and Rain Protection -- In-Flight Structural Icing -- Engine Icing -- Fuel System Icing -- The Role of the Pilot -- Ground Icing -- Rain Protection -- Automatic Ice Protection Systems -- Landing Gear Systems -- Landing Gear Squat Switch -- Brakes -- Nosewheel Steering -- Tailskid -- Annunciator and Warning Systems -- Annunciator or Advisory Panels -- Audio Advisory and Warning Annunciation -- Fire Protection Systems -- Fire Detection and Extinguishing Systems -- Pilot Actions and Cockpit Controls -- Electrical Considerations -- Cabin and Cockpit Protection.

Auxiliary Power Unit Fire Protection -- Cargo Compartment Fire Protection -- CHAPTER 7 - Limitations -- Airspeeds -- Engine Limits -- Other System Limitations -- Operational Limitations -- CHAPTER 8 - Normal Procedures -- Crew Coordination -- Captain and First Officer/Copilot -- Flying Pilot and Nonflying Pilot -- Crew Resource Management -- Optimizing Crew Communication -- Improving Overall Flight Management -- Development of a Team Performance Concept -- Crew Resource Management Training -- Checklists and Callouts -- Types of Checklists -- Normal Checklists -- Standard Callouts -- CHAPTER 9 - Emergency and Abnormal Procedures -- Emergency versus Abnormal Situations -- Emergency Procedures -- Abnormal Procedures -- CHAPTER 10 - Performance -- Takeoff, Climb, Landing, and Engine-Out Performance -- Takeoff and Climb Performance -- Enroute Engine-Out Performance Planning -- Landing Performance -- Braking Performance -- Routine Performance Planning -- TOLD Cards -- Airport Analysis Tables -- Temperature-Derived Reduced Thrust Takeoff -- Derated Thrust -- Cruise Performance: Fuel Planning -- CHAPTER 11 - Weight and Balance -- The Weight in "Weight and Balance" -- Aircraft Weight Categories -- Balance Considerations -- CG as Percentage of MAC -- Performance Benefit of an Aft CG -- In-Flight CG Movement -- How It's Done in the Real World -- Average Passenger Weights -- Random Loading Programs -- CHAPTER 12 - Airplane Handling, Service, and Maintenance -- Flight Dispatch -- Fueling Procedures -- Standard Preflight -- Aircraft Documents Review -- Cockpit and Emergency Equipment Checks -- Exterior Preflight Check -- Final Preflight Preparations -- Minimum Equipment List (MEL) -- Configuration Deviation List (CDL) -- CHAPTER 13 - Navigation, Communication, and Electronic Flight Control Systems -- Horizontal Situation Indicator -- Autopilots -- Flight Director.

Electronic Flight Instrumentation Systems (EFIS) -- ACARS -- SELCAL Communications -- Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) -- Head-Up Displays -- Area Navigation (RNAV) -- VOR/DME-Based RNAV -- Global Positioning System (GPS) -- Inertial Navigation System (INS) -- Using RNAV -- Required Navigation Performance (RNP) -- Latitude and Longitude -- Flight Management System (FMS) -- Basic FMS Components and Operating Principles -- Basic Operation of a Generic FMS -- Controller-Pilot Data-Link Communications -- Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) -- FMC/ACARS Data-Link -- Pilot Operations in the Glass Cockpit -- CHAPTER 14 - Hazard Avoidance Systems -- Weather Avoidance Systems -- Airborne Weather Radar -- Doppler Radar -- Combined Weather Radar and Navigation Displays -- Electrical Discharge or Lightning Detectors -- Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) -- Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems -- Predictive Wind-Shear Warning System (PWS) -- CHAPTER 15 - Operational Information -- Aerodynamics of High-Speed/High-Altitude Aircraft -- High-Speed Flight and the Sound Barrier -- Swept Wing Aerodynamics -- Fixed Aerodynamic Surfaces -- Stalls -- IFR Operations in Turbine Aircraft -- Profile Descents -- Jet Routes -- Altimetry and IFR Cruising Altitudes at Flight Levels -- Category I/II/III Approaches -- Holding -- Extended Range Twin-Engine Operations (ETOPS) -- International Flight Operations -- Wake Turbulence -- Wing Tip Vortices -- Identifying Likely Areas of Wake Turbulence -- Air Rage -- CHAPTER 16 - Weather Considerations for Turbine Pilots -- Low-Altitude Weather: Wind Shear and Microbursts -- Wind Shear -- Microbursts -- Effects of Microbursts on Aircraft -- Avoidance Procedures -- Low-Level Wind Shear Alerting Systems -- Recognizing and Responding to Wind Shear -- Training for Wind Shear Encounters.

High-Altitude Weather -- Icing -- Wind -- The Jetstream -- Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) -- Avoiding CAT -- APPENDIX 1 - Handy Rules of Thumb for Turbine Pilots -- APPENDIX 2 - Airline, Regional, and Business Aircraft Spotter's Guide -- GLOSSARY - Airline and Corporate Aviation Terminology -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.