First Officer A330/340 Airbus Fleet Long-haul
You need to be well-prepared if you are going to lift a machine weighing several hundred tonnes off the ground with just a small hand movement and then steer it to a far-off country.
Depending on the length of the flight, the cockpit crew on long-haul flights consists of two or three members. Before taking off, we use the documents from our flight dispatcher on the ground to prepare for the flight together. Based on our experience and the situation on the day, such as the weather conditions or special operating circumstances, we conduct a risk analysis and calculate how much fuel we will need. During this process, we ask questions like: can we still fly over the Atlantic even though one of the runways is closed at our alternate airport in Keflavík? How much of a weather risk is there at our destination? Are any of our connecting flights delayed and does this mean that we have to fly faster? Countless factors affect the important decisions we have to make.