Who controls the aircraft?
The captain is the head of the cockpit crew and is responsible for the entire aircraft. You can recognize the captain by the four golden cuff bands and shirt epaulettes. The flight-captain’s seat is on the left in the cockpit. His/her deputy is the first officer, or co-pilot. On any flight, the first officer has a specific set of tasks: going through the pre-f light checklists with the captain, programming the on-board computers and operating the systems in the cockpit. Every first officer is a fully trained pilot, and, on the captain’s instruction or on his/her own decision, can take sole control of the aircraft.The first officer wears three gold bands on the uniform cuffs and sits on the captain’s right. The third member of the cockpit crew-the flight engineer-sits behind the captain. and can be recognized by his/her red-gold cuffs. The Flight Engineer’s job is to monitor all the technical equipment on-board and update the pilot with ongoing flight information. During the flight, the
