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Old 30th Jan 2018, 23:53
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TheGreenDragon
 
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I recently obtained a A320 rating at CTE . I have over 200 hours of flying experience .
I understand its a captains descision wether to leave the pumps on or off .

I tend to select them on if the TAT probe indicates above 20 degrees , and leave them all off if the TAT indicated is below 10 deg. This I think is to prevent cavitation?

If the OAT is between 10 and 20 degrees , as a captain , I can choose to leave some standby pumps off and the main pumps on . It works well in my experience .

As always, when you are an experienced captain , its your choice , not anyone elses.
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