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I'm Dennis Conroy out here at Leading Edge Aviation based out of the Ogden Airport in
Utah. I've been a Flight Instructor for these guys for about a year now. Co-Pilot basically
is the guy sitting in the right seat of the airplane. He's responsible for safety of a
flight, getting people or whatever the operation consists of from spot A to spot B. Day to
day responsibilities of a Co-Pilot are going to be first off, he's going to show up for
the day usually a little bit earlier than the flight's going to take off, he's going
to get a weather briefing or find his own weather depending on the operation, he's going
to plan out a route, best route based on time and distance and possibly how to avoid certain
weather. After you get a weather briefing, he's going to find out the route the Pilot
and plan you're going to take, he's going to figure out a weight and balance and figure
out if the airplane is loaded properly to make the flight safe, and how much fuel he
can take, if it's going to be enough to make it to their destination. As a Co-Pilot, usually
your job's going to be split up one of two things. The Captain, the Co-Pilot split duties
as far as who's going to be in control of the airplane and who's going to do the other
responsibilities as far as talking on the radios, setting up equipment as far as coming
into an airport, shooting what they call IFR approaches, or basically preparing the cabin
and passengers for a landing.