Airbus plan to use hands-on learning process for pilots to familiarise themselves with the aircraft and the manual handling characteristics,
It will be instructive to view the additional training syllabus that Airbus plan to use to teach pilots how to fly the Airbus by hand.
Until that syllabus is published we will not know whether it is just another motherhood statement (hot air) or something that really is revolutionary (
) like practice circuits and landings with and without strong crosswinds, raw data manual throttle instrument approaches and circling approaches without waypoints spread all over the MAP mode. Unless this revised training syllabus means flying without the flight director and autothrottles, it is doomed to being a waste of time as far as cadet pilots and those new to type are concerned