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Old 22nd Aug 2006, 21:40
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Rudder - Foot Placement Technique

What is the recommended way to place ones feet on rudder pedals. The reason for this is that there seems to be two schools of thought on this issue.
1. Feet all the way up: Have immediate brake action as required during take off or landing. Steer the rudder with heels.
2. Heels on the floor then move feet up to apply toe brakes. Reason being that you may accidentally apply brakes if you have feet all the way up as above.
I would appreciate to hear of recommended practices from manufacturers, FCOM, airline's policy and/or airline instructors on this subject. FCOMs on aircraft I have flown so are silent on this issue.
I was taught feet all the way up, so far no problem but would change immediately if not recommended.
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