"ohfuk24" wrote

These are questions that EVERY student pilot has. Hence the reason
that you are a student pilot. You need to talk face to face with an
instructor and/or take a ground school at your local FBO. ALL of your
questions will be answered, as well many other things.

Going back to Ramapriya's first posts, I don't recall him ever stating
that he is/was a student pilot or has any intention of becoming one.
His questions arise from a trip during which he rode in the cockpit of
an Airbus jetliner and overhearing the conversations between the pilots.

It is ridiculous to think that you can try to get your groundschool
knowledge and studying done by writing to a usenet group.

Again, (I might be wrong) I don't think that groundschool is his goal.
As a retired airline pilot, I understand where his questions are coming
from. Many of those responding to his questions do so from a Private
Pilot perspective, not understanding that his line of questioning began
with jet Transport Category aircraft... thus many answers that he finds
to be in conflict.

Out of curiosity, I had just as many questions after my first trip to
the cockpit of a Piedmont DC-3 back in 1955. I had no intention of ever
becoming a pilot. Now, after 25 years of airline flying, I'm glad to
answer some of Ramapriya's questions from the Jet Transport perspective
where his series of questions started.

and you won't be wasting everyone else's time either.

Speak for yourself, not everyone else.

"Ramapriya" wrote
1. How does a pilot get to know the distance to the airport that he
has to land in, so that he plans his descent accordingly,

Three miles out for every thousand feet of altitude works
quite well for most jetliners.

Bob Moore
CFI ATP B-707 B-727
PanAM (retired)