Airline Flight Operation and Management (Flugführung 2) | TUM

Airline Flight Operation and Management

Key Facts
Lecturers	Alexander Baumann Dr. Martin Kügler Carsten Schmidt-Moll Dr. Chong Wang Christopher Zaglauer Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Zeunert Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Holzapfel
Language of Instructions	English
Language of Materials	English
Type / ECTS	Lecture / 3 (Ergänzungsfach)
Semester	Summer Semester
Time and Place	Lecture: Wednesdays, 10.00-11.30, First Appointment: MW3618. Further ones are either MW3618 or Zoom, depending on the lecturer’s availability.
Platforms	TUM-Online Moodle

Details
Prerequisites	The lab course Praktikum Flugführung (Flight Guidance Lab) is recommended, as it gives hands-on experience with the job of a flight crew. However, it is NOT mandatory.
Content / Educational Objectives	Introduction and Stakeholder Analysis Get to know the most important actors and institutions in the (civil) aviation environment Understand the interrelationship of stakeholders and their various roles, e.g., as advisories, rulemakers, service providers, or customers Aviation Law Introduction to the legislative regulation of civil aviation in Europe Overview of requirements and standards applicable to commercial air transport, including technical, personnel, and operations aspects Air Traffic Management Learn how European airspace is structured and what infrastructure is provided Understand how flights are guided along their respective routes Overview of processes and systems that supplement the real-time traffic control Navigation Get to know the operational principles of in-flight navigation and routing Introduction to aeronautical navigation charts and their usage Route selection and planning Meteorology Introduction to meteorology and explanation of elementary weather phenomena Learn how weather affects flight operations Insight in weather services and reports used in aviation Flight Performance Get to know performance considerations that need to be carried out when operating an aircraft and learn how they are done Find out how required amount of fuel for a flight is determined Flight Planning and Conduct Recap and apply the aspects discussed in the previous chapters to an exemplary commercial transport flight Perform an the planning and preparation for the flight Learn the operational procedures and events during the conduct of the flight
Reference Literature	EASA Regulation Library: www.easa.europa.eu/document-library Jeppesen or Oxford EASA ATPL Training Manuals: Air Law, Meteorology, Flight Planning, Performance, Mass & Balance Aeronautical Information Service der Deutschen Flugsicherung DFS: www.dfs-ais.de EUROCONTROL European Aeronautical Information Service Database: www.ead.eurocontrol.int Mensen, H.. Moderne Flugsicherung. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer 2004 ICAO Doc. 4444: Procedures for Air Navigation Services: Air Traffic Management Mies, J.. Privatpiloten Bibliothek Wetter. Band 6. Motorbuch Verlag. 2001 Flugwetterberatungsdienst des Deutschen Wetterdienstes: www.flugwetter.de Filippone, A.. Flight Performance of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft. Oxford: Elsevier 2006 Dole, C. E., Lewis, J. E.. Flight Theory and Aerodynamics. New York: Wiley-Interscience 2000 UK Civil Aviation Authority. CAP Library: http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=11

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Prerequisites

The lab course Praktikum Flugführung (Flight Guidance Lab) is recommended, as it gives hands-on experience with the job of a flight crew. However, it is NOT mandatory.

Content / Educational Objectives

Introduction and Stakeholder Analysis
- Get to know the most important actors and institutions in the (civil) aviation environment
- Understand the interrelationship of stakeholders and their various roles, e.g., as advisories, rulemakers, service providers, or customers
Aviation Law
- Introduction to the legislative regulation of civil aviation in Europe
- Overview of requirements and standards applicable to commercial air transport, including technical, personnel, and operations aspects
Air Traffic Management
- Learn how European airspace is structured and what infrastructure is provided
- Understand how flights are guided along their respective routes
- Overview of processes and systems that supplement the real-time traffic control
Navigation
- Get to know the operational principles of in-flight navigation and routing
- Introduction to aeronautical navigation charts and their usage
- Route selection and planning
Meteorology
- Introduction to meteorology and explanation of elementary weather phenomena
- Learn how weather affects flight operations
- Insight in weather services and reports used in aviation
Flight Performance
- Get to know performance considerations that need to be carried out when operating an aircraft and learn how they are done
- Find out how required amount of fuel for a flight is determined
Flight Planning and Conduct
- Recap and apply the aspects discussed in the previous chapters to an exemplary commercial transport flight
- Perform an the planning and preparation for the flight
- Learn the operational procedures and events during the conduct of the flight

Reference Literature

EASA Regulation Library: www.easa.europa.eu/document-library
Jeppesen or Oxford EASA ATPL Training Manuals: Air Law, Meteorology, Flight Planning, Performance, Mass & Balance
Aeronautical Information Service der Deutschen Flugsicherung DFS: www.dfs-ais.de
EUROCONTROL European Aeronautical Information Service Database: www.ead.eurocontrol.int
Mensen, H.. Moderne Flugsicherung. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer 2004
ICAO Doc. 4444: Procedures for Air Navigation Services: Air Traffic Management
Mies, J.. Privatpiloten Bibliothek Wetter. Band 6. Motorbuch Verlag. 2001
Flugwetterberatungsdienst des Deutschen Wetterdienstes: www.flugwetter.de

Filippone, A.. Flight Performance of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft. Oxford: Elsevier 2006
Dole, C. E., Lewis, J. E.. Flight Theory and Aerodynamics. New York: Wiley-Interscience 2000
UK Civil Aviation Authority. CAP Library: http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=11