What is a sector?
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What is a sector?
Hi! Well, finally I´ve been hired by an european airline that has A320´s. In the conditions it says that I´ll fly about 45 sectors a month and 400 a year minimun, but I dont have any idea of what is a sector. At first I thought that it was like a flight hour buy but I think Im wrong.
Do anyone know it??
Do anyone know it??
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Well, I don't have any idea of what a "sector" means, but in the terms that you said i sounds like "legs", you know?
Let's say, a flight from LAX with a stop in ORD and final landing in MIA has 2 legs (1st leg - LAX/ORD, 2nd leg - ORD/MIA).
I'm just guessing...
Let's say, a flight from LAX with a stop in ORD and final landing in MIA has 2 legs (1st leg - LAX/ORD, 2nd leg - ORD/MIA).
I'm just guessing...
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In our useage its a flight from airport A to airport B, so an outbound flight to B and return flight to A would be two sectors.
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yeah, like round trips...that ´d be my guess too...instead of telling you "you´re gonna be doing so many flights a month" they just say sectors....
In our company we only use that term during training. A pilot is required to fly a sector at least once with an instructor, then once he´s been to a certain place and has acquired so many hours he/she can go without an IP.
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In our company we only use that term during training. A pilot is required to fly a sector at least once with an instructor, then once he´s been to a certain place and has acquired so many hours he/she can go without an IP.
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Sector
It's JAA (EASA) language for "flight:
JAR FCL 1.001:
Route sector.
A flight comprising take-off, departure, cruise of not less than 15 minutes, arrival, approach and landing phases.
JAR FCL 1.001:
Route sector.
A flight comprising take-off, departure, cruise of not less than 15 minutes, arrival, approach and landing phases.
The JAR FCL definition given by On GS above is actually given with regard to Multi Crew Co-operation (MCC) status. The sectors leading to the award of an MCC certificate (as opposed to an MCC gained as part of an integrated course) need to have a cruise sector of not less than 15 minutes.
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I think the sector referred to as 15 minutes is for revalidation/licensing purposes:
From LASORS:
To renew a ME rating requires a 'sector', but I guess a 3 minute sector wouldn't really be of much use, hence the 15 minute bit.
I used to fly JER - SOU in TPs, and the cruise was often only 5 mins by the time we'd got to FL180 (on a 40 min flight), but it was still a sector.
In normal day to day stuff, a 'sector' is a flight. LGW - PMI is a sector. So is LGW - LGW (return for tech problem). If you are paid per sector, its the bit between each T/O and landing.
From LASORS:
Sector: A flight comprising take-off, departure, cruise of not less than 15 minutes, arrival, approach and landing phases
I used to fly JER - SOU in TPs, and the cruise was often only 5 mins by the time we'd got to FL180 (on a 40 min flight), but it was still a sector.
In normal day to day stuff, a 'sector' is a flight. LGW - PMI is a sector. So is LGW - LGW (return for tech problem). If you are paid per sector, its the bit between each T/O and landing.
