![]() ![]() Our in-house pilot, Mohammed Anas Maaz, has put together a series of guides to lead you through the different types of flight controls, how they work, and how technology is making it easier and safer to control commercial aircraft. The cockpit is the section in the aircraft where the pilot and the co-pilot manage all aspects of flight, including communications, navigation, and the actual process of controlling the engines, control surfaces, and systems required for flight. all these things are also working to keep the airplane steady and balanced, and to guide it on its course to your destination. ![]() The primary flight controls, the ones that are essential to the safe control of the plane, are rarely seen in action by passengers, and that's because they're on the tail.Įlevators, stabilizers, rudders. Those devices are just one part of the flight controls onboard any commercial airliner, and they are, in fact, the secondary controls, designed to improve aircraft performance characteristics. This is my take on the 10 most important switches, buttons and levers in the flight deck of a 787 Dreamliner.
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