Cargo pilot lifestyle: AFRICA to EUROPE with SAAB-340

Video from the channel KFEAvia about Saab 340, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 18:48. Language: English. Video type: Onboard.

The video follows a crew of two captains flying a cargo Saab 340 on a rotation departing from Tangier (Morocco), stopping in Tunisia and finishing in Győr (Hungary). It shows the aircraft being prepared on the ground while awaiting clearance to fly to Tunisia, the cruise flight and the departure from Tunisia with storms in the area.

The aircraft is operating under the minimum equipment list with the avionics fan inoperative, which is allowed only for a limited period. During the exterior inspection the pilot cleans the windshields, opens the General Electric engine cowling and explains the engine oil and gearbox oil level indicators, as well as checking the air intakes. In cruise, at flight level 240 (24,000 feet), it shows the weather radar: the gain setting, which turns the returns from red to green, the antenna tilt used to see the ground, and the mode that separates terrain from clouds. Before departing Tunisia, the crew reviews the weather report, the satellite image and a storm SIGMET.

This is a cargo flight on a Saab 340 with no technician on board, so the pilots themselves carry out the ground checks. The final part presents the approach briefing for Győr.