Flight Bag Essentials for Airline Pilots
Whether you’re a veteran pilot with decades of experience or have just landed your first job as an airline pilot, we’ve got a comprehensive list of flight bag items that might help make your day at work easier. From gadgets, to comfort and convenience, our team of commercial airline pilots, who have operated a range of aircraft across short and long-haul networks, share their ideas about what has helped them.
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Comfort and Convenience
Do you find that you spend half of your life in the flight deck hiding from the sun? A rather strangely named but incredibly effective product called 'Kinder Fluff' sticks to the windshield using static, protecting you from the sun.
It's incredibly convenient and takes up very little space in your flight bag. We recommend the 20x12 inch. 51x31cm size.They come in a pack of 4 blinds. 2 of these blinds are typically needed to cover one side of the windshield (i.e. 2 blinds will cover most of either the First Officers or Captains forward windshield).