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Old 16th Nov 2018, 22:30
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JanetFlight
 
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For example theres a ton of new generation aircraft flying out there in wich the "Aileron Cockpit Display/Aileron Synoptics" are not shown anymore.
AFAIK (i've seen it) Ryanair 738 (example here but others could be taken alongside Europe and Off-Europe) do not have that option, wich according some Operators and Manufacturer new philosofies, are getting outdated and non-useful anymore. (a kind of optional menu)
At before TO Check List you only need to check free and proper yoke/column movements, but nothing are displayed in the cockpit "screens" anymore, according them.
That relies mainly on the maintenance/enginnearing teams, and the trust they have between each other, pilots&enginners (a kind of that).
In some operators wich use modern "flying machines" having ECAM or EICAS with that synoptic, even when checking the proper free Yoke/Column movements (Boeing at least), not all operators&SOPs have the obligatoriness to open it (that ecran menu) when doing the free movement check.
However after this Astana incident, maybe things could revert to the old days and mandatory again to have that "option" on our cockpits.
I Stopped flying many moons ago, but would like to hear your wise and humble opinion about this

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