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Old 25th Dec 2022, 02:23
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FlightDetent

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My type has a TL indication, commanded EPR target if you will. Already rated a few years when I copied someone's technique to visually observe how that doughnut moves - on the dead engine - as I pull the TL back to idle.

And later added an extra eyeflow myself, to confirm what the remaining good engine is doing AFTER closing the TL, i.e. BEFORE taking the next step of selecting the master switch/fuel shutoff. Which is a pretty universal tool technique.

Once this became a habit, I get stunned at how little is being actually checked by colleagues in the SIM who do the same as I used to (admittedly we always got it correct).

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