Airbus. Getting To Grips with Aircraft Performance

Flight Operations Support & Line Assistance. Customer Services. Airbus S. A. S., 2002. — 209 p.The safety of air transportation is a joint effort, regulated by the State on one hand, and practiced by the manufacturers, airlines and Air Traffic Controllers (ATC), on the other hand. The State is responsible for the supervision of civil aviation, to ensure that a high safety standard is maintained throughout the industry, and its primary means of enforcement is via the establishment and administration of written regulations. The control process encompasses a fixed set of rules to secure that all aircraft respect a minimum level of performance, which thereby leads to the definition of limitations.General
Aircraft Limitations
Takeoff
En Route Limitations
Landing
Cruise
Climb
Descent/Holding
Fuel Planning and Management