Career Progression..

Yesterday was a very unproductive evening of work. I was definitely in need of some down time. The 6 hours of classes and 3 hours of home study was beginning to take its toll on my spirits. It was quite nice to just chill out; something which I have not had the chance to do since the summer holidays.

Well, today was back to the classrooms for a 6 hour slog. The day started with some electrics with the Illusionist. We started to learn cockpit protocols of how to deal with inflight circuit breaks. It turns out that pilots are very good at breaking things on a plane. It's a good thing that there are "Ginger Beers" [Engineers] at the airports.

The Illusionist
- "You as the pilot will break things, and then you tell the Ginger Beer, who will fix it so that you can break it again..! It keeps them in a job"

Nowadays, with so much stuff automated on the flight deck the most common thing recorded on some Cockpit Flight Recorderd is:

- "What the **** is it [the aircraft] doing now..?"

Later in the day, we learnt about emergency procedures for during a cabin depressurisation;

"If the cabin depressurises, make sure you get that oxygen mask on as quick as you can..! Don't worry about the old guy in the left hand seat [The Commanding Pilot]; if he kicks it, there is a good chance of a promotion..!"

It turns out that this is a good way to get promoted..