How Professional Pilots manage ultra SHORT FLIGHTS | Real Airline Pilot

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Intel i9-9900k@5,2GHz
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Windows 10 Pro
My hardware:
Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke and Throttle
Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog
Thrustmaster Pendular Pedals

[@rkApps-shop]

Thanks! Your videos are highly valuable and profound - just a small step to show our appreciation for your time and love to this aircraft and community.

[@A330Driver]

Thank you so much @FSRealistic!

[@devansh8846]

I used to fly between Tokyo Haneda and Tokyo Narita in my sim. Very very short flight. Very fun and very hectic. Short flights are great for flight simmers.

[@A330Driver]

DUS 23L to CGN 14L is quite a nice one as well and flown rather often in real life for repositioning or maintenance. 9 minutes if you do it right ;-)

[@MartinWenzelYT]

I end with a lot of short flights doing my world tour to every country and territory in the world. This is definitely helpful on how these kinds of flights are handled.

[@FernandoLXIX]

I've recently flown in real life from Barcelona to Menorca. It's a less than 30 minutes long flight, so I wondered how did the pilots managed to do all they have to do in such a short time.

[@countryflyboy8255]

I liked the commercial break music during the video fast fwd 😝

[@A330Driver]

😂

[@anthonyvallillo422]

My simming has come to this, in what are now my later years! But IRL I spend most of my career flying long hauls. Not super long - I stayed away from that, but as long as LFPG to KLAX on one occasion. Not in the sim,though -- too much boredom (yes, boredom in the airplane too, but we had to endure that to make a buck!). The shortest flight I actually did IRL was a ferry flight in a 727 from LGA to JFK. Winds were such as to allow the use of 22 at LGA for takeoff and 13L at JFK for landing, which resulted in a 4 minute whifferdil (takeoff to touchdown) during which we never fully retracted the flaps. That might be a record for a transport category airplane.

[@A330Driver]

Wow, that's what I call a flight! My personal record is 17 minutes on a ferry flight, at my base a couple people had the honor to do pattern work during covid to keep our planes air worthy. Unfortunately I never got one of those.

[@bjo007]

With that aircraft registration, you should have used Dancing Queen or Mamma Mia (i.e.: an ABBA song) as the quick taxi music. 😁

[@A330Driver]

😂😂😂

[@oledamgaard7688]

fantastic to see a real pro doing the flying the way it should be done, I am right now struggling with PMDG's 737-600 so there is much to learn from your videos

[@jacobwiqvist1760]

Love this video, that is perfect training for me with my short test flight around ESGG!

[@Aviationlifestyle24]

Hi sir, Thanks a lot for your professionally instructed videos. They certainly add a lot of professionalism to simulator flying. Even though I fly the PMDG 777, I refer to your videos for many real-world procedures and tips, etc. They really give more realism and make simulator flying very educational and enjoyable too.

[@michaelwilliamson6061]

Thanks, another great video, I really appreciate your time.

[@thudman]

Thanks for this one - very informative. The way you set up the visual approach was also very helpful. I frequently fly between SFO and SMF in the 736, and this video helps alot for planning that type of flight.

[@Mr.Martini549]

I'm going to try this next time I have only a little time to sim. Thank you for the clear concise guidance.

[@oliverunruh900]

Simply amazing! Thanks Emanuel for giving the community insights in such an interessting and unusual topics.

[@A330Driver]

More to come!

[@petrasmartin1]

Excellent video once again. Thank you.

[@Taylor314T5]

This is one of your best, IMHO. A number of small nuggets to increase the realism and immersion of my simming as well as overall control of a flight. Thanks!

[@A330Driver]

Thank you so much Taylor!

[@crew-rest]

That music when you pushed back lol!!! Great video man!

[@gwalker3092]

Thx for a great video as always. Reading books is great but see real pilot operations explains so many things you carnt get from books. Best thing I ever did was become member of this channel

[@A330Driver]

Thank you so much, it means a lot to me!

[@dooha333]

I really enjoyed this video! I would love to see more of these real ops videos. Thank you

[@A330Driver]

More to come!

[@DeltaFox123]

That was beautiful!!

[@Dave60ist]

Super video ,I learn so much from these, now to try some short flights

[@Part_121]

Shortest flight I was ever on was Ft. Lauderdale to Miami, on an EAL 727. Probably could have taxied down I95 to get there faster.

[@jasonplunkett8874]

DUB to LPL is a nice shorty,17 mins if winds are favourable

[@ifirekirby7498]

Very very nice video for those wanting to practice the Alaska milk run, with one of those flights being 20 mins tops.

[@Jannik_Stein]

I really like short flight like this, but I never knew how to do them. I was waiting for weeks since I saw you made a video for members only. Finally it's here:) Btw I've actually been on such a flight, with Condor from Lanazrote to Gran Canaria

[@A330Driver]

Lovely those short trips, aren't they? I've flown a few ferries to fetch diverted aircraft and bring them back to base which were in such a region as well. My shortest was a quick hop into FRA that took 17 minutes.

[@BertLaverman]

Like this! My own favorite short hop is Hiroshima (RJOA) to Matsuyama (RJOM) because of some gorgeous scenery I had for P3D 4, even though my wife complaints that is not a real route. (she is from Ehime prefecture of which Matsuyama is the capital) Unfortunately it is not available any more, but you gave me the itch to go and check MSFS.

[@ParisRome]

Very interesting. Thanks. I'd like to ask you a video about approach speed and flap setting management. I think it's a topic unknown to many.

[@A330Driver]

Sounds like something interesting to do, I'll put it on the list!

[@JaimeCCS]

In any jet is harder and keeps crew more busy in short flights than a long hual. Greeting from Mexico. I'm a retired corporate pilot.

[@dva238]

Flying from Atlanta to Birmingham and back is short. 28 minutes going to Birmingham (you get a nice scenic view of Birmingham on the way in out the right side). BHM-ATL is a little longer because you have to go nearly due south and then turn east to pick up the arrival. It's 35 minutes coming back to Atlanta. I'll be doing a lot of those with the PMDG plane.

[@pseudoAndy]

Took me a while to realize it's not Birmingham in the UK that you are talking about. 😆

[@lucabruinsma7359]

i want to do the TUI Aicante-Murcia flight that is very very short so thanks for this video

[@hogflies3208]

The ones that made me die laughing were at the perfect interval, so each time I was done laughing I would just roll over and continue to fucking wheeze

[@DaveJ6515]

Rome - Olbia is short and beautiful in daytime. There was a (quite short) JFK-LGA repositioning flight with 727's 30 years ago.

[@alainpeugny1146]

Thank you Emmanuel for all your excellent videos. For another short flight, may I suggest you the one from VEPT to VNKT? Haze is often present at the moment and the approach on RWY02 is really amazing. (SMRA1D and RNAV-Y 02 via DARKE) Thank you again

[@A330Driver]

Flew something similar recently with the DC-6 as part of my world tour. Indeed, very nice weather at VNKT at the moment! Stunning views on the approach!

[@junkpile1986]

geilo!!!! Danke!

[@aether4505]

I saw a video where an airliner had to fairy an aircraft from JKF to LaGuardia, 10 miles away. That is what I was thinking of when you said ultra short flight. They flew under VFR

[@A330Driver]

I hope they had to ferry, if they found a fairy I'm sure they'd be famous by now ;-) Just joking, those short sectors are super nice and you'd operate them the very same way as shown in the video: Prepare everything on the ground, then in the air it's only frequencies, courses, minimums and you're done.

[@basipottom]

Hi Emmanuel, Could you please create a tutorial about route offset. How we can setup in the fmc, when the pilots use it and so on. Thx.

[@rouvi58]

die alte Air Berlin livery, ein Traum

[@A330Driver]

Absolut!

[@madsib5187]

I don't understand most of the things you do. But it's just an enjoyment to watch ❤️👍

[@A330Driver]

LOL, well, thanks I guess :D

[@alaincasartelli]

Nice! Are u an instructor?

[@pmasters2]

Great video once again! I’m very much still a newbie so this is all a bit beyond me! One question though, how are you setup to move the camera around so freely? I know you use something like mouselook but the seamless moving around really makes everything so immersive and looks effortless. How do you set that up so that you can control the mouse and throttle/yoke all at once as that is definitely more fluid than a joystick hat etc?

[@A330Driver]

I use either the mouse or the Tobii Eye Tracker 5, depending on if I have a free hand or not.

[@vetobadmusic]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the ABBA tail number

[@A330Driver]

😂

[@MartinWenzelYT]

Streaming shorts flights is pretty difficult, haha. Trying to handle the workload and interact with viewers. Flying the plane comes first.

[@A330Driver]

You certainly need to plan ahead a bit!

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

is the animation of the 100ft digit on the PFD altimeter correct here? does the 2 change to a 3 abruptly between 1295ft and 1300ft, or should it move in sync with the 00-20-40-60-80 scale between 80 and 00?

[@A330Driver]

It's correct I believe.

[@peterlazuric5641]

Great video! So this type of flying would be typical for a Hawaiian Airlines Pilot flying B 717's and island hoping in Hawaii is that correct?

[@A330Driver]

I would pretty much expect so

[@giovannibarca4705]

How do you calculate the VREF ADD? I watched all of your tutorials (amazing btw) and probably missed it. I think it's 50% HW but is that always the case?

[@A330Driver]

Half the headwindcomponent (component!) plus the full gust, but max Vref+15

[@giovannibarca4705]

@@A330Driver thank you very much!

[@77flyer]

Boss question; when on an ILS approach on final and I decide to hand the plane down to the runway, autopilot off, what u use to disconnect the auto throttle? I have the honeycomb alpha and bravo but no key setup for that yet. Any good ideas? Thanks.

[@A330Driver]

Hi, I use the default auto throttle disconnect assignment, I simply assigned the same function to the joystick.

[@77flyer]

@@A330Driver thanks

[@Manuel-9-]

Tenerif-e please:P

[@A330Driver]

Next time :D

[@countryflyboy8255]

Is the vatsim unicom freq 122.8 in Europe as it is in America? I need to make my maiden flight in Europe soon.

[@A330Driver]

Yes it is

[@abstractbybrian]

@3:05 where do you get that pop up tool?

[@Taylor314T5]

I too would like to know

[@A330Driver]

It's virtualperformancetool.com

[@yagomojaes2254]

How did you name the waypoints that you created??

[@A330Driver]

On the real one you can do it on the navdata page, in the PMDG unfortunately the FMC version didn't have that one yet.

[@yagomojaes2254]

@@A330Driver thx!

[@countryflyboy8255]

When you say "air berlin".. it sounds like you're saying "abeline"

[@williamwidjaja850]

horrible for single pilot doing everything. I turn on my virtual co pilot probably

[@Currrn]

I’m starting to think these videos are aimed at me! The last few videos answer questions about topics I was wondering about - a) which lights to use at night, and b) managing short flights, which I recently scheduled using A Pilot’s Life Chapter 2. I did have one question. How do you set the custom RYR yoke placard checklist? I’ve searched online but had no luck finding a how-to, or where to find the file needed. Thanks again for all the content! 🫡

[@madsib5187]

So, what's next on your mind? I'd like to estimate which videos will come next 😄 I love a pilot's life Ch. 2 btw 👍

[@mscigniewrudzinski5053]

As far as I know he made the checklist himself. It will be posted online.

[@A330Driver]

Hi Steve, first of all thank you so much for your support! I've made the checklist myself. It's not perfect yet, but we're getting there slowly. Once it's ready I'll upload it. The file that contains the checklist is PMDG_NG3_VC_82_ALBEDO.PNG.DDS, found in Community\pmdg-aircraft-738\SimObjects\Airplanes\PMDG 737-800\texture.vc

[@Currrn]

@@A330Driver legend, thanks mate!