FunkyPilot - Vesa

01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100001! In case you are wondering, my keyboard didn't get stuck. That was "Hello" in binary code consisting of ones and zeros. There is a lot of buzz about artificial intelligence (AI) these days... Maybe AIs could handle air traffic control one day? Or at least they could act as ATC in flight simulators? What do you think? FunkyPilot Academy Issue 4 introduces another central character to the series; an AI called Simmy. I wrote the Issue/Episode 4 a couple of years ago, but it has taken a long time to get it drawn, and it's taking even longer to get it published. FunkyPilot Academy Issue 4 is titled: Rise of the Machines. Yes, Rise of the Machines... Original, right?? In this issue, Captain Jack and his students build a simulator that they will use during training. It turns out one of his students, Victor, [...]

Let's talk about First Officers, There is a lot of public misconception about first officers and captains. I remember one time I was still a first officer having a drink with the captain I was flying with. We started talking with some people sitting next to us, and one of them asked: "So, which one of you is the pilot?" At first, I didn't understand what his meaning was. Didn't everyone know it takes two pilots by regulation to fly most passenger jet airplanes? Apparently not, because we had to explain we BOTH were pilots and that we normally alternate who is flying each leg. Another time, we were flying a Challenger business jet from Seoul, South Korea, to Jeju, South Korea. It was a short flight. An hour or so. One of our passengers wanted to sit in the cockpit during the flight (it's allowed in private [...]