🇬🇧🇨🇳 flight deck - 飞行甲板 : English Lesson
noun
Meaning of "flight deck" ("飞行甲板"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
The flight deck is the special front room of an airplane where the pilots sit, push buttons, turn steering controls, and use screens to fly the plane and keep everyone safe.
If I were in the flight deck, I’d label every button: “Do Not Touch,” “Really Don’t Touch,” and “Seriously, Stop Touching.”
The co-pilot joked that the flight deck is just a very expensive seat with a million light-up toys attached.
I asked if the flight deck had a TV, and the pilot said, “Yes, but we call it a radar screen.”
Grandpa said the flight deck used to have fewer screens, and I said, “So you flew with dinosaur GPS?”
The flight deck used to be called the cockpit, but airlines now often say “flight deck” instead.
At the flight deck door, Anna paused. She had never seen the flight deck light before. The pilot waved, and Anna climbed into the flight deck to sit behind the controls. In the flight deck window, storm lights flashed. The co-pilot kept the plane steady; inside the flight deck Anna breathed, smiled, and thanked them.
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