{"id":1135,"date":"2010-04-08T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianaviationnews.net\/avicareers\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2010-04-08T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T09:54:00","slug":"up-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/2010\/04\/up-in-the-air.html","title":{"rendered":"Up in the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">Bangalore<\/span>: In a crisp white shirt bearing three stripes on the shoulders, a contrasting pair of trousers ironed religiously the previous night and a tie clasp that pompously flaunts the symbol of his airline, he walks into Bangalore airport at five am everyday. He is one of those people who can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t afford to miss even a single flight. However habituated he is to the custom of waking up as early as 2.30 am to reach the far-flung airport an hour before the first flight of the day, Alex still makes sure that his wristwatch reads sharp 15 minutes into the future. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pilots are supposed to be punctual people,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he asserts.<br \/>For a pilot, contrary to belief, the day is not always in the air. Preparations start on the ground, right from the time he wakes up in the morning and the moment he switches off his bedside lamp, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when he realises he is through with his duty for the day.<br \/>As soon as he steps into the airport, Alex, like any other passenger, checks in his baggage and goes through the security gates, before moving to the dispatch section where pilots wait before they take the skies. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We undergo a medical check up before the first flight we take everyday,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d notes Alex. A random alcohol test is also carried out.<br \/>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the dispatch room that he is briefed by the airlines on the weather conditions, the number of passengers and the route. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The worst time to fly in the country is during the monsoon,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says. But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when experience and training come in. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why there are two pilots in a plane \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a first officer and a captain. Two sets of hands are better than one. Mistakes are dangerous.<br \/>So we double and even triple check whatever we do. We are responsible for the life of the passengers,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he explains.<br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\">07\/04\/10 Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew\/ExpressBuzz<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangalore: In a crisp white shirt bearing three stripes on the shoulders, a contrasting pair of trousers ironed religiously the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianaviationnews.net\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}