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Old 5th Mar 2013, 08:30
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donpizmeov
 
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The eight golden rules rules by Airbus have been around for a very long time (don't believe me? then Google it.). I believe they predate the 320. These are the things that are being rehashed by Airbus and where they think training needs to be focused now and in the future.

1-The aircraft can be flown like any other aircraft.
2-Fly,navigate,communicate in that order.
3-One head up at all times.
4-Cross check the accuracy of the FMS.
5-Know your FMA at all times.
6-When things don't go as expected-TAKE OVER.
7-Use the proper level of automation for the task.
8-Practice task sharing and back up each other.


These are not new. To some they seem like common sense, or what in the good old days was called Airmanship. But it would seem that Airbus saw back then you can not count on those things anymore. Any change to train pilots to be pilots, and not focus on Minimum cost, Minimum requirement training would seem like a good idea to me.

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