Originally Posted by
HotDog
Not familiar with Airbus parking brake system but every aircraft I operated on, both brake pedals had to be fully depressed before the parking brake lever could be set. In addition, a parking brake indicator and an anti skid hydraulic light indicator would illuminate; apart from enabling the voice recorder bulk erase cicuit. All this on a steam driven classic. Hard to belive that Airbus systems would be inferior to this standard.
On an Airbus you just have to turn the handle and the parking brake is on.
This system is electrical and the operation you are talking about is true for a mechanical system.