Flying The Big Jets (4th Edition) : Paperback : The Crowood Press Ltd : 9781840374223 : 1840374225 : 15 Nov 2010 : Chapter by chapter the reader is taken gently from the basics of the big jets to the sophistication of the \'glass cockpit\' in preparation for the pilot\'s seat on a Boeing 777 flight from London to Boston. Examine the weather forecast with the pilots, monitor the take-off from the flight deck, listen to the radio reports along the way, view the mid-Atlantic weather from above the clouds, witness the preparations for descent and experience the excitement of landing in Boston. Flying the Big Jets is a comprehensive book that reveals as never before the every-day working environment of the modern long-haul airline pilot.