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Old 12th May 2006 | 12:51
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john_tullamarine
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From: various places .....
.. and, in your next sim session .. ask to have a look at a double genny failure (or whatever it takes on your bird to end up on standby DC power) shortly after takeoff ... conditions ..

(a) severe IMC

(b) a bit of terrain gently stirred into the mixture

(c) and then have the backseater sit on his hands .. reposition to the ILS defeats the whole point of the exercise ..

.. and then see just how quickly the battery life evaporates ..

I used always to give this to endorsement crews in training ... the number of pilots who were quite used to the failure-position reset routine was near 100 percent ... the number who had severe adrenaline responses during the early part of the recovery letdown was significant .. instant converts.

A useful Oz reference
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