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Modern aircraft rely on a range of sophisticated technologies to ensure safe and efficient flight operations. Among these systems, the Flight Management System (FMS) plays a central and highly influential role. It acts as the digital “brain” of the aircraft, integrating navigation, performance data, and route management into a single automated platform that assists pilots throughout the entire flight.

A Flight Management System works by combining information from various onboard sensors, navigation databases, and input from the flight crew. It calculates the most efficient flight path, manages fuel estimates, and supports accurate navigation from departure to arrival. By automating many routine tasks, the FMS helps reduce pilot workload and improves overall situational awareness.

The system is designed to interact closely with both the autopilot and the aircraft’s navigation equipment. Once the flight crew programs the intended route, the FMS can guide the aircraft along that path with high precision. It…

As a creative, you carry a responsibility to your subjects, whether they’re real or fictional. How does a writer navigate this moral responsibility as they seek to move, surprise, and entertain?

My unpublished novel The Shelter is about a young, female politician, Cairo, who develops feelings for a rough sleeper, Vlad, whom she meets when volunteering at a shelter. While the theme of love across class divides has been explored throughout the centuries and in much modern historical fiction, the stigma of crossing these lines still exists. I set out to explore the backlash a middle-class woman in the 21st century might face, dating someone considered off-limits because of social class.

As much as my intentions were in support of my homeless love interest and against the notion that 'homeless' and 'love interest' don't fit, I faced a few moral considerations in my depiction of the characters. The narrative relies…