BandH: you following me now? another bitter anti-union Pilot................mmmmmmmmmm
I don't mind admitting when I'm wrong, didn't need the command course in CX to teach me that simple piece of courtesy. Seems as a direct entry F/O you're command course might be quite a way off
So enjoy the back seat for a while yet.
I still say that cycling it more than once is folly, and to my way of thinking against the Airbus Fcom 3 checklist. Do you think it's wise to cycle a landing gear that may have problems 3 times? Can't you see how it could be made a lot worse by repeated cycling? Do it once and then use the Altn ext.