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Old 5th Jun 2009, 14:25
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clivewatson
 
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Blacksheep - it's clear that you understand the point I was trying to make!

MR8 and greenspinner - thanks for the clarification. Yes, I accept that the radar may have been left in a dimmed condition, but I am surprised that several Airbus drivers have complained that this can easily be missed by crew.

Even if you skip the radar taxi check on a cavok day (which I can understand), there is no excuse for not carrying out a function test when you decide to use the equipment to detect weather (one falcon written off after flight into CB due to crew being unaware that the radar red did not paint).

Even if you skip this test, how on earth do you start to scan for weather if you can't see a screen because it happens to be dimmed? Surely you don't simply set a tilt angle and hope for the best? Please tell me that you don't!
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