I had the same problem when I was at your stage of experiences. I was very worried and talked to some more experienced pilots and my fellow F.O friends who had same experience as me. Turned out that almost everybody have the same problem.
The thing is, I think, your technique and feelings, after a while, need some time to a “break”. But after this break, when you have more experiences, it will come back to you. People told me that your landing technique will be stablized at more or less 1000 hours. So you have time.
In the meantime, what I suggest you:
1. For a while, land by ear: It depends on your type of aircraft. In my case, it is the 321. What I did was forget everything about feelings, just focus to fly the FD, at 50’, I reduce my VS; at 30’, thrust Iddle, and try to touch down at center line.
2. Advice your captain about your problem so he can support you or take control when needed. Nothing to feel ashamed, everybody has this down period.
I struggled for 2-3 months, but after, my feeling come back. Same story for almost my FO friends. So don’t worry.
Good luck.
Originally Posted by
ChipmunkDive
Hello guys.
I’d like to share a problem I have recently started to have and would appreciate guidance and help from my fellow pilots. I’m new to the A320, just cleared initial route check 10 days ago.
During the entire u/s flight training, I would say almost all of my landings were perfect - positive, if not always smooth, but most importantly within the touchdown zone. I used to come confidently down to 30/40 feet, arrest the sinkrate, at 20, slight check and simultaneously thrust to idle - any further corrections were done seamlessly.
However, I recently have started to feel as if my feel of the aircraft and technique has gone haywire. It’s like I don’t know how much to check, and when to do so in a timely manner. Apparently this started when I slammed the aircraft onto the runway thrice in a row. That was a wake up call for me, and very depressing too.
I’m sorry to rant about my issues, but I would appreciate any help from the community as I am really depressed regarding this. How can I forget how to land?
Thanks.