How To Fly An Instrument Arrival Procedure (STAR) 

When I first transitioned to jets, I learned that anticipating climbs and descent's are one of the most important skills a young pilot can learn. When you KNOW a climb is coming...dial up more smash ahead of hitting the "hill". Conversely, even if it means a bit more nose low...leveling out ahead of a restriction in order to meet speeds is MUCH preferable to simply throwing out the boards or dropping slats and slogging along with all that nonsense into the terminal. I prefer to stay with a clean aircraft as deep into the arrival as possible on most days unless we're hitting it at high flow and low speeds.

Amazing production quality, and very informative as well as entertaining! Great job.

It takes a smart man to talk about complex things in simple terms, great video

These are really amazing productions and super instructional. Very methodically narrated, very clear, very descriptive. I love these. Thank you for these. =:) Subscribed and bell clicked, too. :)

Very professional quality video. Clear and to the point with great visuals!

This is the beast on RU-vid. Great videos!

this is the third time i watch this, doesn't get old. very informative, entertaining, and the production is outstanding!

This video and the departure video are amazing! You should definitely do more videos like this

Terrific tutorials. Perhaps the best I've seen. Thank you.

Very good job!!! so much easier to understand how STAR works!!! thank you!

What an amazing and in depth video. Thank You!

Very well done gentleman you guys are pros! Great video.

Extremely easy to understand. Thanks

Such an awesome video thanks

Great video and very informative !

Loved it guys so easy to understand.....

Love the channel

great job on the video!

Great job to the pilots

Quality Tutorial!

Quality stuff, my dude.

Great video!

Your videos are getting really solid! Nice work!

I get more gray between uploads but the wait is worth it. Thanks so much for these videos,

"Cleared for the Vis"...good readback

Great channel!

amazing! keep it up

Can't wait for the beta testing of the IR course, Aleks. Good to meet you yesterday! Looking forward to what you guys are gonna do.

Wow great video! Can't wait for the arrival video to come our

Awesome dude! Thanks for the great video's. I am using this for my training.

great job

Easily one of the best if not the best videos on you tube. Great job!

Great production! Congratulations

Thank you so much for this great video.

Please do more videos!

Cleared direct (initial fix) descend and maintain (altitude) until you intercept the glide path cleared ILS RWY XX. I love flying medevac... haven't flown a full STAR in months.

Awesome! Thanks for the video!

Great video as always.

Awesomely Awesome video. I think if RU-vid existed when I was a teen, I definitely would have taken more seriously my desire to be a (real) pilot. Oh well. Thanks to such videos I am perfectionning my simulator flying skills. Thanks for your vids.

fantastic video, super well done and very informative. 👏👏👏

Go Jim!

Very well done. Was that a sim or actual flight footage?

love your content!

Another great video. :)

Educational.

Love these vids

Great content quality, keep it up please!

Nice HUD view.

Very neat, cool!

Amazing video great quality loved it!!

No matter how times you fly the star arrivals into busy airports the circumstances change. This was a visual approach which can actually make it tighter into these airports depending on volume and traffic flow. Some of these atc operators are really good lining you up, however volume can get to tight and something has to give. Vectored off the star, speed restriction for spacing. This example was straight forward, no use of slam dunking or speed brakes or getting down to altitude early to slow down as you s is a stress free approach. Flying into Dallas or LaGuardia can be another story. Listen to liveatc.

Great Reading lecture

I like Express Jet Airlines & Mesa Airlines (Aircrafts Erj 145 Xr &Crj 900)

Very good for flight sim at looking at charts they confuse me 👍🏼

Does the arrival procedure start at the Top of Decent?

Great

Can piston planes do this as well?

are there any educational qualification to join flight school to be a commercial pilot

What was going on at the star that looked like a go around

What kind of tablet is that? And the software ?

Is that the Jeppesen EFB at 0:46? I'd love to have a Windows tablet instead of an iPad but ForeFlight is just so good...

GREAT video though that FO really needs to clean up his radio lingo. Sure, abbreviation is fine, but to not readback takeoff runway number is unacceptable.

Final Approach speed with full flaps is cruising speed for a C-172 , PA28

"Slowing down while descending makes problems"...yep, that's me in MSFS when I'm too high and too fast because I started the descend too late...

3:15 So you're saying when you are cleared for an arrival (not cleared to descend via), you're required to keep the airspeed restrictions as well as altitude restrictions. Correct? But IPH states when you're cleared for an arrival, "the controller is only giving you a routing clearance and will specify any altitudes AND airspeeds to fly." Who's right??

Nice video, but it's accurate only for USA ops. In different parts of world stars work differently.

I am interested in flying the ERJ 135/145, and one question. How do you descend on the FMS? if i got it correct it does not have VNAV and i know about the lack of A/T. so do you guys use V/S and match it to keep on descend path or do you use FLCH? Thank you

Oy Ploy off to the polo club again eh old chap??

I see your using a surface. What chart service are you using with your surface? Also what mount is that and where did you buy it?

Where would I find a source for sids and stars. I can use the FMC and understand it but I don't know which to choose and I don't have any charts to see which ones to use. I use a simulator so yes I know it may not have every sid or star as the real world but it's not far off.

ExpressJet ERJ145

How does ATC accommodate you flying the STAR but are still climbing to cruise below the indicated minimum altitudes in the arrival? By following AT. commands, I assume you're absolved of the minimums.

Woohoo embraer !

Nice video. Little easier in the CRJ200, as we have a "snowflake" (basically a GS) to follow. And the company then flies the approaches and figures out the correct descent angle that is needed for each approach (usually) and publishes them with our charts. Then it is just a matter of monitoring the STAR to make sure we are going to meet the restrictions. Alternately, some guys will set the bottom alt in each crossing restriction and fly it that way. I try to not level off but will use the boards, I guess I don't care so much about noise in the back of the plane, haha. But please, don't rip them all in our out a once, that is a little harsh.....

Is it the cockpit of the Embraer ERJ 1XX??

7:55 How far is ATC "Slang" allowed to go? Saying only "cleared to land" without the runway designator seems borderline to me.

1:18 GMANN! AND THE MASTERS OF STUPIDITY!

Since when did Embraer's have HUD's?

At what point do you set the altimeter from 2992 to 3046? Do you do it the moment you drop below FL180?

FO's radio calls are awful.

That FO is extremely annoying.

Why is the guy just using his flight number and not his call sign? Seems like a lazy man's way to potential confusion. Notice that the controller uses it. Seems like a bad habit. Just sayin. Great video. Well done.

Dude, it's pronounced turban not turbyne.

Why is the mouth breather in the right seat incapable of using the correct callsign? He sounds like a total tool. If you’re gong to produce an instructional video, at least try to sound professional.

Excellent video!

Nice video. Little easier in the CRJ200, as we have a "snowflake" (basically a GS) to follow. And the company then flies the approaches and figures out the correct descent angle that is needed for each approach (usually) and publishes them with our charts. Then it is just a matter of monitoring the STAR to make sure we are going to meet the restrictions. Alternately, some guys will set the bottom alt in each crossing restriction and fly it that way. I try to not level off but will use the boards, I guess I don't care so much about noise in the back of the plane, haha. But please, don't rip them all in our out a once, that is a little harsh.....