Thanks! One other question if i can. What do airline pilots call their regular routes? say a pilot runs back and forth from los angeles to dallas. would he call that his 'run'? his 'route'? what term do they use? thanks.
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I was thinking about it, and I think the words you need are "line," "trip," and "sequence." It's a misperception to think that an airline pilot, like a train engineer, constantly goes between the same few places. Airline pilots generally fly all over their airline's system. They may have a favorite schedule (a "line") but they often end up not getting it, or bidding for something else for other reasons-- wanting a specific day off, for example. An airline pilot's schedule is called a "line." Lines are generally assigned once each month, and consist of several "trips" or "sequences." So a typical line might look something like this: Day 1: ATL-JFK-ATL-MCI Day 2: MCI-ATL-HOU-ATL-JFK Day 3: JFK-ATL-MIA-ATL Day 4: Off Day 5: Off Day 6: Off Day 7: Off And then it repeats four or so times during the month. Usually the flight hours each day are more or less the same-- I just made those legs up off the top of my head. A pilot would refer to the overall schedule as a "line." He or she would refer to the given trip sequence they were on as a "trip" or a "sequence." Hope this helps!
Hey Don, Thanks, I'm going to use "run" in the dialogue, but your info in the description. should work great. thanks again, James
One more questions if I can, I have two fighter aircraft locking missiles on each other, locking on, then losing the lock. What instrument would display whether they had the other aircraft locked, and what is the proper terminology for that? locked, painted, targeted? And when you lose that lock, what is that called? Target lost? not acquired? Know any good air to air missiles besides the sidewinder? Thanks! James
I don't know about all of the various types of missles but some are set up to "lock-on" a target allowing the pilot to shoot and forget. Not sure which fighter but one demonstrated "aquisiton, fire and destroy" of 6 targets simultaneously in the span of less than 3 minutes during systems flight test. If one loses lock you can call it just that, "losing lock" or past tense would be "Lost aquisition"
Thanks Spasso, I appreciate the info. I'm going to try a few of those and see how they fit. Thanks again, James
I believe that the aircraft to which Spasso refers is the F-15 and the F-14 ( no doubt the F-16). Their systems can pick up multiple targets, lock on, fire, and break away. Fighter pilots also use the phrase, " No Joy" if they cannot find or lose a target. Switches
Thanks switches, But its actually an ah-64 apache that i have doing the firing. but i like that term you used, i think i heard that in a movie. i may try and find a place for it. thanks. James
The opposite of "No Joy".... (an- "uh oh" moment, in combat...) is "Tally Ho" (target acquired) The same lines are used in this part of the country (northeast), when Air Traffic Control, (ATC) advises traffic in your vicinity at [altitude) from [direction], and you reply that you either see them or not.
