UBC ATSC113 Flying Weather - Module f14-p1

Flying Weather - Module E (case ID = f14)

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Steps 1-4. Pre-readings and online activities done by each student individually.


You are the first officer (i.e., co-pilot) of a commercial airliner approaching to land at Toronto international airport after a long flight over the Atlantic Ocean.  The  captain is letting you do the flying.  On this summer afternoon you see thunderstorm clouds and lightning close to Toronto airport.  Other planes ahead of you are landing successfully, but their pilots are reporting gusty winds, heavy rain, and a wet slippery runway.  Although you could change your destination to Ottawa airport, you know that the 300 passengers on board would not be pleased about the delay and the extra 5-hour bus ride from Ottawa back to Toronto.

What should you do?
    A)    Continue to Toronto airport to land as soon as possible.
    B)    Ask for a holding pattern (i.e, fly in a circle at a location away from the airport) to wait until the thunderstorms move away, and then return to Toronto to land.
    C)    Ask the more experienced captain to take over the flight to land at Toronto.
    D)    Fly to Ottawa airport and land there.
    E)    Turn around and fly back to your original departure point in Europe.
    F)    Put on your parachute and jump out of the aircraft before you run out of fuel.

To help you decide, access the Related Info linked below to better understand the situation and the weather that can affect the flight.



aircraft first officer
maps and airport passengers & weight
regulations for instrument landings
fuel

 


Often, the first step to making a good decision is knowing what questions to ask regarding the weather and the flight.

Your assignment: What questions do YOU want to ask, to help you make the best decision?

(Example of a weather question: Will the storm dissipate before I get there? )

Enter your questions into the UBC Canvas system, for the module: Flying f14 Step 3.

These count towards your grade (for grade weights, see the Evaluation link from the course home page). The grade is based on the relevance of the questions you ask for the scenario of this learning module, not on the amount of questions you ask. Please be brief/succinct. We don't need the answers yet - only your questions.




Instructions
: To help you make a wiser flight decision, please access each link below to learn
how the weather works, and how it affects flight.

Row Topic (& learning goal) Topic (& learning goal) Quizzes Online (via UBC Canvas - note: this is an example, these are not actual quizzes to be completed)
1 frontal hazards (3h)
thunderstorm cells (4a) Fly E-Quiz 1
2 thunderstorm hazard overview (4b) lightning (4e) Fly E-Quiz 2
3 visibility (1e) heavy rain (4h) Fly E-Quiz 3
4 headwinds & crosswinds (2d) downbursts & gust fronts (4d)  Fly E-Quiz 4
5 aviation weather services (4i)
Fly E-Quiz 5

After you have completed all the quizzes (or at the deadline time and date listed on the home page if you
haven't finished all the quizzes), you will be given access to the next two steps in this module.
Steps 5 and 6 involve teamwork to make a decision about this flight.



After you finish reading all the learning-goal topics and writing the quizzes, then click HERE to go to page 2 (steps 5 & 6) of this module.  The corresponsing videos of an expert working through page 2 can be found at: [ 27 minutes.  HD version (488 MB) or 480p version ( 220 MB) ].