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Old 3rd Jan 2012, 00:34
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How a bloke with Boeing blood still flowing through his veins tackled the 320 sim at Airbus Too Loose yonks ago-

"REMEMBER - DO EXACTLY WHAT THE ECAM SAYS AND NEVER SECOND GUESS IT!"

"Ok Monsewer no problem."

"TRUST YOUR ECAM!"

"Yep. With me life."

"AIRBUS AIMS TO HAVE A PAPERLESS COCKPIT!"

"Yeh I know. You all keep telling me that."

[Ding!] FUEL IMBALANCE

Hmm this doesn't look right. But, follow the ECAM like the Frog said.

[Ding!] ENG
[Ding!] ELEC
[Ding!] etc
[Ding!] etc
[Ding!] etc

"Er....Monsewer why is everything dark and quiet and I have no fuel left?"

"BECAUSE YOU WENT AND FOLLOWED THE ECAM!"

"Because I followed the ECAM?"

"OUI, BECAUSE YOU FOLLOWED THE ECAM."

"Ok so what'd I do wrong....exactly?"

"YOU SHOULD'VE CLOSED THE XFEED VALVE AND IGNORED THE ECAM AND GOT OUT THE QRH PAPER CHECKLIST!"

"On the SD I thought there might be a fuel leak but..."

"YOU NEEDED THE PAPER CHECKLIST IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE!"

"Ok, what do I do now?"

"FOLLOW THE ECAM! I SAID THAT AT THE BEGINNING! DON'T YOU LISTEN??"

"Alrighty then."

"THEN FOLLOW THE PAPER CHECKLIST!"

"Ok."

"AREN'T YOU JUST ABSOLUTELY IMPRESSEZ-VOU'D BY THIS WONDERFUL AIRCRAFT?"

"Oh yeh really impressed by your technology mate. But on the Boeing we...."

"SHTARKER -THIS IS AIRBUS! WE DO NOT SAY 'BOEING' HERE!"

"Yeh but...."

"FERMEZ!"

"But I was just saying..."

"ERP!...."


IMHO an Airbus endorsement program is in reality a Boeing appreciation course.
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