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Old 9th Sep 2012, 11:51
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Tee Emm
 
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If you are doing this type of SOP in the simulator you need to be aware that there can occasionally be a discrepancy between the forward view through the first officers windscreen and that of the captain's windscreen. Thus one pilot sees the runway at DH while the other pilot cannot due to this simulator technical defect. The instructor sitting in the jump seat in the middle, tends to watch the approach through either the captain's or first officer's windscreen but not both.

At the subsequent post flight briefing, differences of opinion then may arise as to who saw what, when the whole problem was a simulator technical defect. As an instructor, next time you are watching through either windscreen whether a night VMC approach or breaking out at MDA in low visibility, make sure you test the intergrity of the forward view by leaning across where necessary to watch both views.
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