If a check pilot would have done that to me in benign conditions in light traffic conditions, I would probably not have noticed the FD failing as it would have been OFF already, just like the autothrust. I fly the A320. Time permitting I would have handled the associated ECAM warning quicky or simply assessed it as being "disregardable" until after landing.
Although there are a lot of comments here dripping with irony in this thread, it does scare me that there are some here that really appear to think that having to fly an airliner without FD and AT is dangerous or an emergency.
Even though I don't think it's a good idea to pull CB's on a commercial flight with pax, I do agree with Greybeard (
reply 28 ) on this one.
@akindofmagic:
Originally Posted by akindofmagic in reply 31
Graybeard: Are you for real, or have I missed some hidden irony in your post?
The training captain in this case has done something that is, on the face of it, illegal; he has wilfully gone against the manufacturer's recommendation, and therefore by extrapolation will also have gone outside his own company's SOPs. There can be no excuse.
Your post displays a quite staggering lack of understanding of airline operations.
Akindofmagic, From your profile I know that you're a 24 yr old CPL who spends most of his time in "the Interviews, jobs & sponsorship"-forum on the CTC wings (cadets) thread. You're really not in a position to be telling others they display
a quite staggering lack of understanding of airline operations.