Aviation Terms Every Airline Pilot SHOULD know

When you decide to become a pilot and go to flight training, you have to learn a whole new vocabulary. And when you become an airline pilot you have to learn a new set of aviation words, I explain 10 important ones in this video!

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[Biggles]

When I had passed my Instrument Rating over 20 years ago I asked an Air Hostess upstairs 1st Class on a Virgin Atlantic 747 if I could visit the flight deck I took my Licence with me when The Captain agreed so I was thrilled however he allowed me to sit in the Captain's seat for about 3 hours with the co pilot so he could have a sleep ! I can't imagine that being allowed now ! I forgot to get my licence signed damn but I can boast I flew left hand seat with co pilot and flight engineer. This is completely true and I felt like a King !

[embfixer]

On the maintenance side of things, we often drop the first 7 on the Boeings, the "57" or the "67" and the 777 we call a "trip 7". Were I am now we only have 2 flavors of Airbus, the 300 and 310 so we call those the "bus" and the "short bus". When ever someone, usually management, comes in for a base visit you hear the term "he/she is jumping in" or "they'll be jumping out" referring to using the jump seat. Of course on the maintenance side of things there is a whole other set of vocabulary words to learn. You could do an entire video series just on acronyms that anybody using or working on an airplane needs to know. Oh, and a lot of them change depending on the manufacturer! PD and ND or PFD and MFD, EICAS or ECAM, ACP or GCP or MCP, etc... and etc...
Great video, I've been enjoying them.

[soco]

I was in a group for a seminar about Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (blueprint type), and the instructor flew all over the country, in his own plane. He said there are four general rules to flying: Blue side up, Pointy end forward, Keep the fans running, and When landing put the rollers down. I wonder if anyone else ever heard of these rules.

[timothykissinger]

We truck drivers have dead head too.Its when we head to another location with an empty trailer to pick up a load.

[originalpatrick]

So when are you doing a colaboration with captain joe?😃

[shinskoala]

For someone who has always had a fear of heights and repressed his anxiety when he flew, I want this guy the pilot my plane.

[joedominguez]

Hi Kelsey, Charlie- pilot here (Canadian). First off, I really enjoy and appreciate your content. I fly 406s, but I worked with the guys in the 705s, and I learned my aviation lingo that way. Up here we say the last 2 numbers for the equipment. I.e 37, 67, 87, 19/20/21, 30... 777 is just 'triple'... RJ is for referring to the CRJ, and we say E90 or E75 for the Brazilian. Also, Jumpseat at one point turned into simply 'jump' - "I'm gonna ride in the jump". 'FA' does get used in conversation without too much fret...

See what happens is, speech gets shortened down to as little words as possible so our frozen jaws don't fall off in this forsaken 6 month tundra.

[Rodgerball]

The 777 is just called “the triple”. AKA the only Boeing that is dyslexic proof.

[thebtm]

I work IT at one of the Canadian Airlines and it's just good to know some things as you may have to work with someone that is a crew member. So having these learning videos helps.

[safye]

Great video! I find online written answers poor at explaining terms and It's nice to hear directly from a real pilot what certain things mean. I don't have any terms I have questions about, but I'm sure we all would love a part 2. Keep up the great work Kelsey!

[CLCSIfreak]

I worked with a teacher who was also a FA. She often did Chicago turns after school during the week. She’s retired from teaching now, but is still an FA (she was an FA first).

[deeanna]

I am starting my PPL training this weekend!

[robertblake]

Every profession has their “inside language” and you did an excellent job explaining that of career aviation.
Thanks, bob

[Mayhemkiller]

It's like motorbikers when we say keep the rubber side down and the shiny side up which is basically just stay safe

[thelordconstantine]

0:45 I was wondering. Your voice was deeper than usual.

[swayzzy_roblox]

One of the first things I learned is how easy it is to become disoriented in clouds. That you can think that the artificial horizon is incorrect and flip the aircraft. The instructor always said it is far easier to happen than you think and to drop your pen or clipboard if you are sure your indicator is not correct.
BTW: the artificial horizon was a real ball in an oil filled glass back then and they did not always behave.

[professorr.]

At last I know what "Keep the blue side up" means!! Thank you, Kelsey.

[MannBrothersFilms]

Wow, I only subscribed to you a few weeks ago when you were at 21, 000 subscribers. Good to see your channel growing.

Your content is great!

[pjaypender]

I'm not even a pilot, but I know those terms DeCaprio used were common in that time. Puddle jumpers were the little propjets used by the regionals.

[hoodinisharif]

Love the new intro & editing you’re evolving into a fantastic aviation YouTuber