Originally Posted by
Speed_Trim_Fail
It has been a while, but I seem to recall the same in the 737 (classic) FCTM. It’s unfashionable at the moment to say such things but their manuals are a lot easier to digest than the equivalent airbus material.
It may of course be that I am simply too stupid for the airbus material!
Having flown over ten types, I have a procedure prior to the start of groundschool of studying ahead of time to be more familiar with systems. I tried this with the Airbus manuals and soon gave up as I found them to be too difficult to get a good initial understanding.
Instead, Inwatched a long series of United Airlines videos(with the understanding that there are differences). After each video, I would then compare with the Airbus section for that system, which made things much better.
One would think that such a large company, that is partly British owned, would get a Brit to write their manuals in English(or now update them). After all, they have plenty of money and it could be a safety issue. All it takes is one accident these days to harm a reputation significantly.