Gidday,
A-310/A-300-600 was one of the first in many areas we accept as "normal" in todays electronic world. EFIS, ECAM, some so called "fly-by-wire" in the Thrust lever system, no 3rd crew for a wide body.
It is quite "French" in subtle ways, could perhaps be an aircraft considered to be "overpowered", goes quite a long way hence one of the early ETOPS approvals were granted to this type and once you get used to the odd intermittant transient warning keeping you alert in the dark an absolute delight to operate.
Time has meant some changes to the Emerg/Abnormals which cannot be absorbed by the ECAM so there are some quite lengthy paper lists to do in one or two areas.
GW T/Off for a 7 hour sector, straight to FL310, M0.8, about 5000kg/hr for up to 8hrs, usually the toilets filled up before the fuel ran low on the longer ones if you were full and the punters were awake and drinking.
FMS/IRS good fun, if a subtle "drifter" on an odd sector or two which can catch the lazy who didn't keep up to date, VVTS and VGZR were classics for this.
Could BITE YOU IN THE A*SE if you misshandled them in a missed approach, particularly if hand flying, auto brakes which were startling on an RTO from high speed as I am informed so are others, but this was my first with this function.
Not as sporty as an F-28, or as sweet as a Lear, but if the phone rings for a job in the front row, on my way for more fun.
C YA
