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Both can be nulled by trimming the elevators but ideally you want to minimise that. So the dispatcher decides how heavily (given the aircraft, takeoff- runway-available, passenger load, temperature and pressure) the aircraft can be loaded, and how heavy each cargo zone can be. This calculation stops the aircraft tipping backwards, where's there's no landing gear to support it. Some aircraft, particularly the small twin prop ones, have special restrictions about using reverse thrust to taxi the aircraft backwards: if the aircraft is so finely balanced, hitting the brakes whilst in reverse thrust can actually pivot the aircraft onto the tail, causing a tailstrike and an expensive repair bill. Many airports forbid reverse thrust taxi anyway - it's just too dangerous on a busy apron.

In a forward tricycle configuration (small nose gear, large main gear), most of the weight is actually on the main gear (the middle set of wheels). The front gear carries some weight, of course, and contributes some braking effort and steering. The balancing act is done in the airlines by the Dispatcher. The dispatcher wants to put most of the weight of the aircraft (the centre of gravity) close to where the wings produce most lift ( If you do that, you can minimise the control inputs and trim required by the pilots, making the aircraft more predictable (and pleasant!) to fly. CG too far back and the nose will want to pitch up; CG too far forward and it'll want to pitch down.

NICE ANSWER.YOU DESERVE A FEATHER ON YOUR CAP. LETS SEE OTHERS VIEW ON THE QUESTION.

How does an airplane distribute it's weight on the tires?

okikiosibodu:
Let's keep the thread airborne..... Don't let it stall.
Let me bell the cat. Why is nitrogen induced into the tires of an airplane.... What is it's significance?

hahaha *Nitrogen is used cos. It is an inert
gas so high pressures and
temperatures do not affect it as
with air. It is also more
compatible with rubber, and does
not corrode like air containing oxygen and water vapor does.
More importantly it will not
support combustion or explosion
as does air containing oxygen.

Please any other means to pay into international account canada precisely except through dormicilliary account thanks

Most airlines in SA have some sort of cadet training scheme aimed at the previouslydisadvantaged but prohibitive costs will ensure that there will always be a demandfor privately trained individuals with the passion and zeal for the job. So there's stillplenty of hope on the horizon.Your toughest challenge is to get yourself from 200 to 500 hours. And don't eventhink of cribbing your logbook! Any Training Captain can tell within 5 minuteswhether you've really got the experience. My advice to students with the aptitude isto consider becoming an instructor after you’ve earned your CPL. That way you getpaid while you accumulate valuable experience and hours. Also, there's no betterway to know a subject than to teach it. And when you do eventually move on tobigger and faster aircraft, an instructors rating will prove invaluable to any companyemploying you. There'll always be a demand for trainers in any organization.Staying in a training environment also makes it easier to continue studying towardsyour ATP subjects, which for any future airline career will be essential.On the flip side, some students have been lucky and walked directly from flightschool into a bush or charter Job. Again this can be attributed to ‘supply anddemand’ and depends as much on whom you know, as being in the rightplace at theright time.Aviation is notoriously cyclical. In the eighties politics ensured that flying jobs werescarce. For the six years between 1981 and 1987 SAA didn't recruit one single pilot -and when they did, they took mostly ex-airforce guys. These days that's no longerthe case as the SAAF now sign their pilots to lengthy and expensive training bondsmaking it as unattractive to join, as it is to resign. Also, the hours you canexpect tofly in the airforce can't compare with what you'll acquire in a civilian establishment.Once you've chosen flying as a career path, the most important thing is to choose areputable flight school to begin the process. Here it word of caution. As in anyindustry, aviation has its share of unscrupulous operators. Study the small print verycarefully. Some schools demand full payment upfront then - have financiallydebilitating penalties if you choose to terminate or change schools mid stream. Alsosome schools are advertising courses for which they are neither suitablyqualified noraccredited. Yet others make promises as to the time frame required to completecourses - and then charge penalties if extra time is needed to do so - even inunforeseen circumstances! Make sure you know what you're paying for. Someschools quote a total package without giving a clear breakdown of the aircraft hourlyrate or the type you'll be flying - leaving you with that ripped off feeling when yourealize how much you've been paying for simulator time!Unfortunately the CAA being a regulating rather than a policing authorityis largelypowerless to act against these companies as it's not within their domain to determinewhat constitutes unfair business practice. The onus therefore falls on thestudent orsponsor's judgment. Don't be afraid to ask past or present students theiropinion.

Once you've got your CPL, you're theoretically employable, but with only twohundred hours and an instrument rating, no self-respecting company is going toentrust their zillion buck aeroplane into your sweaty little talons. They'd rather offeryou their daughters first. And even if they did – no prudent insurance company is -going to risk their profit on you being able to do the job properly. And herein lies therub. Insurance companies don't often show much interest in your abilities untilyou've accumulated at least five hundred hours. After that they'll grudgingly give youthe nod and figure whether a loaded premium is worth a bet on your skills in theirclient's asset. It's all about money - and supply and demand. Don't forget this fact.It's going to rule your life - and not only in aviation.Two decades ago you could get invited to a selection board at SAA with just 500hours, and an instrument rating and multi engine rating on your CPL. Technically,this is still the minimum entry-level experience required - but don't even waste yourtime - except to place your CV in the file. Here it's about supply and demand. Whilethere are more experienced aviators applying for your job, you don't stand a chanceof getting it! Don't fret though. Ironically, this is going to work in your favour in theshort term! You see, SAA being at the top of the ladder will recruit from the rungsbelow it, ie from the smaller airlines. These in turn will be short of pilots and willrecruit from a rung below them, in the corporate or charter companies. Likewise,these operators will look further down and so it goes on. What you need to do ismake yourself as attractive as possible to the lower rung operators. This will taketime and hard work and these days there's even another factor to consider.
Affirmative action. Naturally these aspects also need to be addressed in aviation. But thankfully, unlike most other industries, there can be no token appointments. Atoken accountant or lawyer maybe - but a token pilot is a guarantee for disaster.Over the next few years many of SAA's senior Captains will reach the retirement ageof sixty, precipitating a huge pilot vacuum in the lower echelons. Cadet pilots alonewill not be sufficient to fill these new positions, and that's without even consideringexpansion!

Advice My Mentors Never Gave Me
So you want to fly for a living? A word of advice – PLEASE DON’T! Certainly notunless you're passionate about it. For that matter; don't consider a career in anything you're not passionate about. The world is full of inanimate grey people whohate their jobs. Don't become one of them.Flying, like most professions, is pretty tough to get into. In must professions you don't simply qualify and hit the big time. You pay your dues, build up experience,and learn the ropes before you're anywhere near ready to shoulder theresponsibilities the job entails. That happens whether you're a surgeon, accountant,lawyer or an airline pilot.
As a doctor you could qualify as a specialist in about elevenyears. To strap yourself into the left seat of a 747 in SAA will take about twenty -after you've joined the airline! Your first command on a Boeing 737 will take about12. Some smaller airlines may take less time but only because the experience levelto join them is higher - so either way, you're not going to short-circuit the process bymuch.The real question is - how do you get your feet onto the bottom rung of the ladderand start climbing? And more importantly, to whom do you ho for advice? Oftenparents hock themselves to the limit to get their child through a Commercial Pilot License only to find that, after qualifying, their child is still largely unemployable! And worse - the CFI can't even give them decent career guidance! Most schools arehappy to take your money but offer precious little advice after you've finally got thatrevered qualification under your featherless wings. This is because very few of themhave any real experience outside the academic environment. Fortunately this ischanging as more retired airline and corporate pilots are getting involved with flightschools at ab-initio level. Not purely as flying instructors and lecturers but more importantly, as mentors. They've been there and done it - they're in a better positionthan anyone to direct your future in aviation.

Some doctors in Nigeria use candlelight to perform operations due to the dearth of funding for the sector, a medical practitioner told a Senate panel during a public hearing on the 2017 budget yesterday.Benjamin Anyele, chairman, Health Sector Reform Coalition, said this when he delivered a keynote address to the surprised lawmakers.“It has gotten so bad that Nigerians are running mental without knowing, nurses use candlelight to assist in carrying out operations,” Anyele told the lawmakers.Arguing for increased funding for the health sector, Anyele decried the dearth of funding for primary healthcare centres in Nigeria, saying “it portends grave danger for national development.”Nigeria’s 2017 budget allocated N252.87 billion for recurrent and N51 billion capital expenditure representing a mere 4.1 percent ofthe entire budget.This allocation falls short of the 15 percent agreed by African Union countries in the 2001 Abuja Health declaration.Health sector workers fear that critical areas such as routine immunisation, family planning, ending childhood killer diseases, nutrition, child and maternal health funded at primary health centres in rural areas may see a decline.“The budget proposals are too low to achieve any appreciable impact in the health sector, government isstill not paying adequate attention to primary healthcare which is what the country needs,” Obitade Obimakinde, a medical practitioner at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, told BusinessDay on telephone.More attention should have been paid to improving access to primary healthcare, as it is the closest to the poor and vulnerable,he said. Prior to the commencement of the public hearing on the budget, segments of health sector pressure groups took to social media urging the Federal Government to increase health sector funding.Anyele demonstrated the impact of this situation by saying, “The vaccines we have today is from theloan by World Bank two years ago, nothing new, without those we would be in trouble.”“The sector is already in trouble. Health workers are often on strike due to intractable union differences. Primary health centres reek with neglect and fake or expired medication kills many,” he said.Nigeria, with a population of over 170 million, has only 40,000 registered doctors. Out of this, 19,000 have left to practise overseas.Among those at home, 70 percent practise in the urban areas, where only 30 percent of the populace live in the rural area.The ideal doctor – patient ratio should be 1:600, but in Nigeria, there are over 50,000 people to one doctor and 1,066 for one nurse.Nigeria ranks number one in tuberculosis infection but devoted only N541 million in the 2017 budget, instead of N2 billion required to contain it, Anyele said.The Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority (NSWIA) said30,000 Nigerians spent $1 billion on medical tourism in 2014.Doyin Odubanjo, a public health specialist, said paying attention to primary healthcare centres would cut down huge medical costs.“Majority of the burden of diseasescan be taken care of at the primarycare level. So, the government should be looking at diseases prevention and treatment at the primary health level.“Government needs to look at what majority of people will need to combat basic disease like malaria and other infections.“We already have some specialty centres, there is need to upgrade and equip them so they handle more complicated cases and for that you need the right equipment,” Odubanjo said.Anyele called for a more committed action from government, saying that actions like waiting 10 years to pass the National Health Act only add to thetrouble in the sector.

It was fashionable while I was growing up to see parents choose the career path of their children and wards. You’re not going to “amount to anything” if you’re seen reading a single honours course in the university. Parents boast about their children reading medicine, engineering and law; you’ll be forgiven as a young student if you think the university is all about these courses.

But over time, things started changing when business administration and related courses started taking the front burner buoyed by the emergence of “wonder banks” and other fast means of making money. Suddenly values that we hold dear started eroding as “making money” became the norm. Nobody cares anymore how the money was made, all that matters is that you are rich. That was the beginning of the ‘demystification’ of medicine, engineering and law. Why bother spending years in the university when you’re not sure of what the future hold became pronounced. People started questioning whether reading these courses was worth all the troubles afterall.

Last week I met a young medical doctor who expressed regrets for studying medicine and qualifying as a doctor. “If I had a singing talent like Dr. Sid I would have jettisoned my stethoscope for the music scene,” he said to my surprise. For the records, Sidney Onoriode Esiri, who goes by the stage name, Dr. Sid is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and dentist. We discussed at length for more than an hour because this came as a shock to me especially as I have always held doctors in very high regard and would have loved to be one had I been a science student. This is because my lifestyle, comportment, deep reading culture and discipline correlate with what makes a good doctor. As I struggled to encourage this young doctor that he has nothing to regret, my mind went back almost fifteen years ago to a discussion I had with a doctor friend while I was still in the university. This doctor also expressed regrets at the poor human resources planning and structures, unsatisfactory working conditions, poor remuneration, and few professional development opportunities back then.

I am made to understand that this is even worse today. When he saw the “progress” his colleagues who read Economics and Business Administration were making during the banking “boom” of the Abacha era, he told me he was in “the wrong profession.” In my young mind then, I remembered telling him that all that was happening was a bubble that will burst someday. And true to my prediction, the bubble did burst and my older friend said I should consider calling myself a prophet! During that period, 19 banks collapsed leading to the Failed Banks Decree promulgated by late General Sani Abacha which was decreed into law to teach Nigerian bankers who mess with depositors fund a lesson. Unfortunately, there were other bank failures later before the sanity we are now witnessing.
When I related all these, the young man felt a bit relieved, especially as I pointed out that even the present day society does not see the doctor as “relevant” as they were up to the 90s.After much probing, I discovered that he truly love the profession even though the stress associated with it is not commensurate with the financial rewards. “As a medical doctor, it’s an endless journey of reading and personal development. There are new discoveries almost on a daily basis and if you do not keep track you’ll be left behind. Keeping track means you have to prepare and pass your professional examinations otherwise there’ll be no room for advancement,” he told me, “but one of my major problems is the way the society treats doctors. ”I agreed with him.
If you doubt that take a look around and see how the society is now obsessed with “celebrities” of various hues and shapes; some are even instant celebrities because they participate in as how or event or feature in a movie. The society doesn’t even bother if an individual is an illiterate moneybag, corrupt public official or a person of dubious character. It is no longer a secret that this has been taken notches further when such individuals are awarded honorary doctorate degrees by our universities. These are the “doctors” our society recognises and adore! One stark reality about contemporary Nigeria is the dearth of reliable statistics for research and planning; this reality permeates almost every facet of our national life. Take the doctor patient ratio for instance. Nigeria, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) currently posts a poor doctor-patient ratio of 1:3500 as against the standard of 1:600. It also said the entire medical schools graduate between 3,500 and 4,000 new doctors annually. Another statistics has 1:6500 doctor-patient ratios.
One would expect a call to action irrespective of which ratio is used because we have a dare situation in our hands, but that does not seem to be an issue here like in other things. It is the Ebola issue that seems to shake us out of our lethargy. The doctors showed their magnanimity by suspending their strike. I think this period should provide the opportunity for the government and the society to seriously look into some of the issues the doctors tabled before their strike action. Delivering a lecture titled “Medical Education in Nigeria: The Quest for World Standards and Local relevance,” held at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in 2012, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said only 5 percent of applicants gained admission to read medicine. Of these, 2,701 trained in Nigeria left the country to other countries to work in the last four years prior to 2012.It is amazing that with this exodus of our doctors we don’t seem to get it. Dr. Amayo Adadavoh and other doctors who have remained and have now died as a result of Ebola are professionals who have spent years in training. The late Dr. Adadavoh was a consultant, and do we really know what it takes for a doctor to become a consultant? We have lost, and may still lose some of our finest professionals because of the way we treat them. It is not rocket science to understand why some of them are leaving as the working conditions is getting worse, thereby making other countries more attractive.

Some of our doctors are presently working in the US, Britain, South Africa, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago and other neigbouring African countries that treat their medical personnel better.Whenever I encounter medical practitioners and I see the evident lack of rewards for people who save lives, I always feel pained.

To compound issues, whenever they demand what should ordinarily be their entitlement after spending years in medical school and a longer period preparing for otherprofessional examinations, society is quick to condemn and remind them of their obligation to the same society thathas scant regards for their own plights.Recollect that prior to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) suspending its strike, there appears to be nothing, either from the people in government or those of us outside, to show that we appreciate the fact that lives of ordinary Nigerians are already hanging in the balance as a result of the strike by doctors working in public health institutions across the country.

But does it matter in a system so perverted that public officials now make it a culture that they are travelling abroad for simple medical check-up that can bedone in Nigeria? My advice to young Nigerian students who have the love of the profession at heart is this: Go ahead and read medicine in the university because it will always remain a noble and dignified profession. You should not look up to society or the government for your fulfillment; just follow the conviction of your heart.

Everything about life cannotbe viewed from the narrow prism of money. There are still things money cannever buy, and being a qualified medical doctor is one of such.

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titopius:
It depend on you both can fetch you more money but try and examine yourself and go for the one you have passion for all the best.

thanks

aviation vs medical field

kinibigdeal:
Go for the two

thanks sir both going for the two is just a waste of time

ladies and fellas please what do you think ?

please boss what is the fee in ilorion college of avition for commercial pilot cos planning there and if i get the admission i have strong faith that i will see sponsors THANKS FOR ANSWERS

please cool pilot
i just got i link to free aviation programme in u-s please as i nigerian can i apply if yes what are the requirement

Good day here docs please dentistry and medicine which one is more competative in terms of admission because am planning dentistry hope am good to go bros

Congrate to our brother and sis at uniben monday is their induction

Good day docs i am 100 l bsc chemistry student in uniben and intending to cross over to either pharmacy or dentistry
What are the requiment brotherly advise will be appreciated

Jackossky:
mtcheew,still submitted
very funny,when people that don't have up to your scores are being admitted and yours is still showing submitted....

jamb score

jelel6:
hey guys, what do u use to check your admission status on jamb websites. i want to check for my lil sis pls. i dont know how she did the registration self

before that she need to have account with jamb step1 log on to jamb website step 2 click " check admission status"

bethedoski:
Bro, with God on your side, that's a good enough score to get in. Just hit that or higher and leave the rest to Him.
#Wishyouthebest

thanks in millions sir you are from which schl sir!

Please any docs in the house that is currently @ uniilorin your phone no please

How high is the chance of being admitted to unilorin next year by God grace to study medicine an surgery with 270 and above and from Kogi state which is unilorin catchment and thirdly kogi is ELDS which is the third pillar of admission set by jamb with o level of maths -b3 Eng -b3 che - b3 biology -c4 physics -b3 further maths -b2 agric b2 and others .i am currently at uniben 100l bsc chemistry
PLEASE DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE PLEASE COUNSEL ME
thanks for your brotherly advice God bless SIR/MA

StupidYorubaFool:
HE should have long remembered them by silencing that foolish northerner that landed them in this mess.
since the Trinity (God) isn't myopic He would have known the aftermath consequences of the elimination of the postutme and thus saved us earlier cos right now we are in the receiving end..

but he knows more than you do.may be is working something out

In the name of the father. Son and the holy spirit AMEN

Father remember our brothers and sisters on this thread that awaits their admission in Jesus name AMEN

Am new here

I SALUTE UNA DOCTORS HERE (TO BECOME COME ONE IS NOT A DAY JOB)KUDOS AND BRAVO ,I HAVE BEEN ON THIS THREAD FOR WHILE HOPING I WILL OFFICIALY BECOME DOCS IN THE HOUSE LIKE YOU BROS SOMEDAY

I TOOK IN FOR UNIBEN M.B.B.S BUT THEY GAVE B.S.C CHEMISTRY AND I WANT TO GO FOR IT FOR BETTER

DOCS IN THE HOUSE PLEASE I NEED YOUR ENCOURGEMENT THOUGH PLANNING TO CHANGE OVER IN 200L AND ALSO TAKE ANOTHER JAMB (PLANNING EKSU OR KOGI STATE UNI COS IS LESS COMPETATIVE )


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