Senin, 22 Agustus 2011

Passengers Can Hear Pilot Conversations

Airlines United Airlines plans to invest 500 million U.S. dollars to improve the quality of the seats in their aircraft fleets. Improving the quality of this, is one of the integration agreement that the two airlines United Airlines and Continental.

United, as quoted by the Associated Press, on Tuesday (08/23/2011) would add a chair fall down or flat-bed business class seats for them in the long-haul flights. Then add in the cabin and cargo capacity to install Wi-Fi devices on the plane.

While the aircraft was owned by Continental, will get Economy Plus seats with wider leg space. However fantastic, will be provided Channel9, where passengers are allowed to listen to conversations between the pilots with air traffic or air traffic control.

Based on the experience of Compass, the conversation between air traffic controller about the position of the aircraft, the weather during and at the destination, the density of air traffic, aircraft altitude and direction, permission for takeoff and landing, until the presence of other aircraft in an air space.

By the end of 2011, would be completed the transformation of the 38 units of United Airlines, and is targeted at the end of March 2012 was completed in 100 units of their aircraft. The new seat configuration on F IRST and Economy Plus will also be done on 29 units of United Express Bombardier Q400.

Settling on the fleets of United Airlines, marking the airline's desire to fix America service. That, amid the transformation of Asia Pacific airlines such as C athay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines until, well now also flying to America.