The Command Handbook: A Practical Guide through Command Upgrade and Beyond

Petr Smejkal

737 Publishing s.r.o.

About this ebook

The Command Handbook provides practical information, examples and tips to guide first officers on their journey through the command upgrade. While the main aim of The Command Handbook is to provide guidance through the upgrade, there is also plenty of useful information for seasoned commanders. 

The Command Handbook is divided into six chapters. Each chapter features high-quality photos and graphics to make your study as enjoyable as possible. 

The first chapter; Progress to Command offers tips, areas to focus on and what to study on each step of the way (from junior first officer to command line check).

The second chapter; Commander’s CRM focuses on different CRM aspects from the position of the team leader.

The third chapter; Commander’s Role focuses on the various duties and responsibilities of a commander.

The fourth chapter; Non-normal Management, offers general guidance on the management of non-normals

The fifth chapter; Aircraft Technical Log discusses MEL, CDL, ATL and how to deal with defects.

The sixth chapter offers tips on Turnaround Management

The seventh chapter; Scenarios, features 63 scenarios with insights where you can practice your decision making

Ratings and reviews

The Command Handbook has been an extremely helpful and informative guide , very well written , easy to understand and implement. I am currently studying for command development program and reading the handbook has added positively towards my preparation for command.

Very nice informative book. Love to read it. On google play it shows 221 pages but actually book has 163 pages. Will you plz clarify it. Thank you!

Very useful book

About the author

Prior to my command upgrade, I was looking for any reference material which would point me in the right direction and tell me which areas to focus on for my upcoming command upgrade — something like a practical guide.

Having found none I liked, I did what most first officers did at that time: study everything there was to study and ask all the captains who recently went through the upgrade about the transition.

A couple of years later, I realised that the topic of command upgrade is still not explored the way I would like it to be.

I decided that I would like to try and change that with The Command Handbook.

Unlike the other topics I usually write about for The 737 Handbook, the command upgrade doesn’t have any official manuals for me to reference, and there are also many ways to go about the route to command.

I will, therefore, offer you my point of view from my personal experience with the command upgrade, from my experience as a line training captain, and also from the experience of teaching command upgrade courses.

I hope that my mission — to provide better guidance for the command upgrade — will be at least partially successful and that you will find The Command Handbook as a helpful guide through one of the most rewarding career advancements.

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