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Old 26th May 2024 | 07:54
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From: FLSomething
Originally Posted by RHINO
This is very much NOT Airbus. Re read your FCTM carefully. There is a lot that must happen before you get to this stage. And I'll say it again for the avoidance of doubt it is PM that starts the ECAM. There are very good reasons in AIRBUS why this is the case. PM must firstly be sure that the Aviate is safe and also the Navigate and Comms are appropriate before PM does ANYTHING with the ECAM. Prompt, Direct, Intervene as appropriate and if you are going to intervene then it is I have Control and press the red button and hold it. Only when PM is 100% happy with ANC may they commence identifying the failure. When PF is happy with the failure and has confirmed it then they may order the ECAM. Because you cannot see the other pilots side stick action it has to be like this before any ECAM happens. Ask the crews of 447or 8501 what they would do with hindsight.......remember the PMs in both case did not stick to this disciplined approach and paid a terrible price. . Please re read your FCTM regarding ECAM handling.

Safe flying....
Negative, you’ve been given a textbook explanation of the process of PF doing a full FNC before PM is ordered to start the ECAM, that’s how Airbus want it.

Not sure as PM I’d be jumping straight to the takeover PB if I wasn’t quite happy with the FNCing from PF..!

You’ve talked about ANC, are you a Boeing-ist? Good chance they have a different setup, which is great. But you can’t shoehorn that onto an Airbus.
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