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Manual Pitch Trim
For those who are implementing the new Airbus 320 SOPs
Changing the wording from Smokes to smoke/fumes is a improvement
Wondering how they are working for you? Are they better for you or not?
What do these changes in the FCOM have to do with the new A321 NEO FCOM?
Re PRO-NOR-TSK
Dont see how now having the CM2 doing the battery check and starting is a improvement?
So now as the CM2 is the one always starting the APU, the Captain starting the APU is a SOP incompliance according to the Airbus SOPs.
Also only the CM2 (FO) aligns the IRs, interested to hear from the genius at Airbus behind this change. Makes me miss Boeing
The Captain is now the one that FM database validity. Such a genius new SOP change from Airbus. (?)
why re-invent the wheel again?
A penny for your thoughts.
Some of the changes would not seem that obvious if you only fly the A320 series, however these SOP changes are across all types, the CM2 power up flow makes more sense when on the A380 or A350 which has integrated OIS, CM1 would be getting the techoog and OIS setup.
The SOP has to be consistent enough to allow MFF, CCQ, and CTR where applicable. Longer term I would see the A320 moving towards having blade servers and avionics living as applications on these blasé servers like the A380/A350 instead of individual LRUs like the A320. I would see the future cockpit be more like the A350.