gblen
5th Sep 2011, 14:20
Howdy, quick question that I havent been able to find an answer for and its wrecking my head.
Why does the TCAS/ATC selector, ie 1 or 2 have to correspond to the on side AP engagement. ie Capt is flying, AP1 will be used. On the Xpdr/TCAS box, its selected to ATC 1 (selector under stby/auto/on) when squawk code is inserted at the start of a leg.
It came up during line training when I was on the 320 but Ive totally forgotten. Maybe its just our company SOP but we are pretty well aligned with Airbus SOPs. Same procedure on our 330 fleet.
Cheers
Why does the TCAS/ATC selector, ie 1 or 2 have to correspond to the on side AP engagement. ie Capt is flying, AP1 will be used. On the Xpdr/TCAS box, its selected to ATC 1 (selector under stby/auto/on) when squawk code is inserted at the start of a leg.
It came up during line training when I was on the 320 but Ive totally forgotten. Maybe its just our company SOP but we are pretty well aligned with Airbus SOPs. Same procedure on our 330 fleet.
Cheers